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Recombinant antibodies specific for a growth factor receptor
Background of the invention
Growth factors and their receptors are involved in the regulation of cell
proliferation, and
they also seem to play a role in tumor growth. The c-erbB-2 growth factor
receptor
protein, a protein of the membrane receptor protein tyrosine kinase family (A.
Ullrich &
J. Schlessinger, Cell 61: 203-212, 1990), is found in human breast tumors and
human
ovarian carcinomas. Amplification of the c-erbB-2 gene and over-expression of
the
protein appears to correlate with poor prognosis for tumor patients. Thus the
c-erbB-2
protein has potential, both as a diagnostic marker and as a target for cancer
therapy.
Sequence analysis reveals that c-erbB-2, also called HER2, a glycoprotein of
185
kilo-Dalton (gp185), is identical or closely related to the human analog of
the _neu
oncogene (A.L. Schechter et al., Science 229: 976-978> 1985) and shows
considerable
sequence homology to the human epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor.
Of particular interest in tumor diagnosis and therapy are antibodies directed
to tumor
markers. Polyclonal antibodies may be obtained from the serum of mammals
immunized
with the antigen, i.e. the tumor marker. The development of hybridoma
technology made
it possible to generate continuous cell lines, in particular murine
hybridomas, producing
monoclonal antibodies of the desired specificity. Murine monoclonal antibodies
directed
to c-erbB-2 are known and are described, for example, by S.J. McKenzie et al.,
Oncogene
4: 543-548, 1989; R.M. I-Iudziak et al., Molecular and Cellular Biology 9:
1.165-1172,
1989; International Patent Application WO 89/06692 (Genentech); and Japanese
Patent
Application Kokai 02-150 293 (Ajinomoto KK).
A major limitation in the use of murine-derived monoclonal antibodies as _in
vivo
diagnostic and therapeutic agents is their immunogenicity as foreign proteins,
their rather
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long persistence in the circulation, and the formation of damaging immune
complexes.
On the other hand, the treatment with human monoclonal antibodies is also
limited since
human hybridoma cell lines are hard to prepare, generally unstable, and do not
produce
monoclonal antibodies of appropriate specificity in sufficient quantities and
at reasonable
costs. In principle, the in vitro use of marine monoclonal antibodies is
without limitation.
However, production costs of monoclonal antibodies and, depending on the type
of
immunoassay used, the need for attaching a detectable marker to the antibody
make it
desirable to find more economic alternatives to xegular marine monoclonal
antibodies.
A promising alternative is the modification of immunoglobulin genes in order
to tailor
antibodies for particular diagnostic and therapeutic tasks. Due to the fact
that the variable
region and each of the constant region domains of immunoglobulin molecules are
encoded
in separate exons with their own splice sites, recombinant DNA techniques can
be used to
isolate different parts of cloned immunoglobulin genes and ligate them to
parts of other
immunoglobulins or to effector molecules. The reconstructed genes are
expressed by
appropriate transformed continuous cell lines. Marine antibodies can, for
example, be
converted into "humanized" antibodies by exchanging marine constant domain
exons for
human irnmunoglobulin constant domain exons, thus generating chimeric
antibodies with
marine antibody-combining sites and human constant domains. The chimeric
antibodies
retain the antigen specificity determined by the marine variable domains, but
also exhibit
human effector functions (such as complement binding, stimulation of
phagocytosis,
triggering of granule release by mast cells) determined by the carboxy-
terminal constant
domain segments of the heavy chain polypeptides. An even more sophisticated
technique
in tailoring antibodies described in European Patent Application 0 239 400
exchanges also
other fairly conserved domains, the so-called framework regions (FRs), within
the marine
variable domains for corresponding framework regions from human antibodies or
for other
human protein sequences. Such an antibody should be even less immunogenic in
man
since the only parts derived from a marine antibody are those hypervariable
regions which
define a particular specificity for an antigen, the so-called complementarity
determining
regions (CDRs).
Furthermore, fusion proteins different from immunoglobulins may be formed,
e.g.
single-chain antibodies, which retain the specificity and binding properties
of the starting
marine monoclonal antibody, but have otherwise novel properties derived from
the
non-immunoglobulin part of the fusion protein. The smallest domain of a
monoclonal
antibody which can bind to the antigen is the so-called Fv fragment which
consists of the
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variable domains of the heavy and light chains. Fv
fragments are difficult to prepare by proteolytic techniques
since the corresponding variable domains tend to dissociate
upon dilution. Fv molecules constructed by joining the
variable domains of the heavy and light chains via a short
peptide linker, also called single-chain antigen binding
proteins, bind to an antigen with similar characteristics as
the original monoclonal antibody (R. E. Bird et al., Science
242: 423-426, 1988; J.S. Huston et al., Proc. Natl. Acad.
Sci. USA 85: 5879-5883, 1988; and International Patent
Application WO 89/09825 (Celltech)). Fv encoding genes can,
in principle, be linked to genes encoding effector molecules
by recombinant gene technology. It is known, for example,
that Fv encoding gene sequences can be linked to a gene
encoding a portion of the Pseudomonas exotoxin A gene (V. K.
Chaudhary et al., Nature 339: 394-397, 1989; and
International Patent Application WO 89/11533 (I. Pastan et
al.)).
Summary of the invention
This invention describes recombinant antibodies
directed to the extracellular domain of the human growth
factor receptor c-erbB-2 comprising a light chain variable
domain and a heavy chain variable domain of a monoclonal
antibody, monoclonal antibodies directed to c-erbB-2
themselves, a method of manufacture of said recombinant
antibodies and said monoclonal antibodies, hybridoma cells
secreting said monoclonal antibodies, a method of
manufacture of said hybridoma cells, DNA coding for the
heavy chain variable domain, for the light chain variable
domain and for the recombinant antibody, a method of
manufacture of said DNA, hybrid vectors suitable for
expression of said DNA, host cells transformed with said
DNA, and the use of said
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recombinant antibodies and said monoclonal antibodies in the
diagnosis and treatment of tumors.
One aspect of the invention relates to a fusion
protein comprising a single chain recombinant antibody
directed to the extracellular domain of the growth factor
receptor c-erbB-2 comprising a heavy chain variable domain
and a light chain variable domain of a monoclonal antibody
which domains are linked by a polypeptide spacer group and
an effector molecule.
Another aspect of the invention relates to a
recombinant DNA comprising an insert encoding the fusion
protein described in the preceding paragraph.
Another aspect of the invention relates to a
process for the preparation of the DNA described in the
preceding paragraph, the process comprising the steps of:
(a) preparing murine DNA from the genome of a suitable
hybridoma cell line and selecting the desired DNA coding for
the variable heavy and/or light chain domains of the
antibody with the desired specificity,(b) preparing DNA
coding for the desired signal sequence and preparing DNA
coding for an effector molecule,(c) synthesizing DNA coding
for the desired spacer group by chemical methods,
(d) constructing recombinant genes encoding the fusion
proteins by incorporating the DNA of step (a) and (c) into
appropriate hybrid vectors, (e) transferring the obtained
hybrid vectors into a recipient host cell or retrieving the
DNA coding for the recombinant genes and transferring the
unlinked DNA into a recipient host cell, and (f) selecting
and culturing the transformed host cell.
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Detailed description of the invention
The invention concerns a recombinant antibody
directed to the extracellular domain of the growth factor
receptor c-erbB-2, a human glycoprotein of 185 kilo-Dalton
(gp185), comprising a heavy chain variable domain and a
light chain variable domain of a monoclonal antibody.
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Such a recombinant antibody may be a chimeric antibody consisting, for
example, of a
mouse heavy chain variable domain with the specificity for c-erbB-2 and a
human heavy
chain consttmt domain a, 'y, 8, E or p, preferably y, such as y1 or ~y4, and
of a mouse light
chain variable domain with the specificity far c-crbB-2 and a human light
chain constant
domain x or 7~, preferably ~c, all assembled to give a functional antibody.
The preferred recombinant antibody of the invention is a single-chain antibody
wherein
the heavy chain variable domain and the light chain variable domain are linked
by way of
a spacer group, preferably a peptide. Most preferred is a single-chain
antibody wherein the
heavy chain vwi.able domain is located at the N-terminus of the recombinant
antibody.
The single-chain recombinant antibody may further comprise an effector
molecule and/or
signal sequences facilitating the processing of the antibody by the host cell
in which it is
prepared. Effector molecules considered are those useful for diagnostic or
therapeutic
purposes, for example enzymes causing a detectable reaction, e.g. phosphatase,
such as
alkaline phosphatase from E. coli or mamalian alkaline phosphatase, e.g.
bovine alkaline
phosphatase, horseradish peroxidase, (3-D-galactosidase, glucose oxidase,
glucoamylase,
carbonic anhydrase, acetylcholinesterase, lysozyme, malate dehydrogenase or
glucose-
6-phosphate, a peptide having particular binding properties, e.g. streptavidin
from
Streptomyces avidinii strongly binding to biotin, or enzymes, toxins or other
drugs
attacking the cells to which the antibody is bound, e.g. a protease, a
cytolysin or an
exotoxin, for example ricin A, diphtheria toxin A, or Pseudomonas exotoxin. In
the
following a single-chain recombinant antibody further comprising an effector
molecule is
referred to as fusion protein or intended to be within the meaning of the
terms "single
chain (recombinant) antibody " or "recombinant antibody", if appropriate.
The term effector molecule also includes biologically active variants of the
above-mentioned proteins, e.g. variants produced from a DNA which has been
subjected
to in vitro mutagenesis, with the provision that the protein encoded by said
DNA retains
the biological activity of the native protein. Such modifications may consist
in an addition,
exchange or deletion of amino acids, the latter resulting in shortened
variants. For
example, an enzyme, such as phosphatase, may be prepared from a DNA which has
been
modified to facilitate the cloning of the encoding gene, or an exotoxin, such
as
Pseudomonas exotoxin, may be prepared from a DNA which has been mutated to
delete
the cell binding damain.
The recombinant antibodies of the invention are tested for their specificity
to the
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extracellular domain of c-erbB-2, for example by immunofluorescent staining of
cells
expressing high levels of c-erbB-2, by immunoblotting either directly or by
way of
immunoprecipitation and protein blotting of the immunocomplexes, or by another
immunoassay such as a binding, crossinhibition or competition radio- or enzyme
immunoassay.
The variable domain of an antibody heavy or light chain consists of so-called
framework
regions (FRs), which are fairly conserved in antibodies with different
specificities, and of
hypervariable regions also called complementarily determining regions (CDRs),
which are
typical for a particular specificity.
Preferred recombinant antibodies of the invention are those wherein the heavy
chain
variable domain comprises a polypeptide of the formula
FRl-CDRrH-FR2-CDRZ~i-FR3-CDR3tz-FR4 (I)
wherein FR1 is a polypeptide residue comprising at least 25-29, preferably 25-
33 naturally
occurring amino acids, FR2 is a polypeptide residue comprising 12-16 naturally
occurring
amino acids, FR3 is a polypeptide residue comprising 30-34 naturally occurring
amino
acids, FR4 is a polypeptide residue comprising at least 6-10, preferably 6-13
naturally
occurring amino acids, CDRI~ is a polypeptide residue of the amino acid
sequence 32 to
36 of SEQ ID N0:4, CDR2H is a polypeptide residue of the amino acid sequence
51 to 67
of SEQ ID N0:4, and CDR3~ is a polypeptide residue of the amino acid sequence
100 to
109 of SEQ ID N0:4, or, CDRtH is a polypeptide residue of the amino acid
sequence 32
to 36 of SEQ ID N0:8, CDR2H is a polypeptide residue of the amino acid
sequence 51 to
67 of SEQ ID N0:8, and CDR3H is a polypeptide residue of the amino acid
sequence 100
to 110 of SEQ ID N0:8, and wherein the amino acid Cys may be in the axidized
state
forming S-S-bridges. These particular complementarily determining regions are
Asn-Tyr-Gly-Met-Asn (CDRtH), Trp-Ile-Asn-Thr-Ser-Thr-Gly-Glu-Ser-Thr-
Phe-Ala-Asp-Asp-Phe-Lys-Gly (CDR2H), and Trp-Glu-Val-Tyr-His-Gly-Tyr-Val-Pro-
Tyr
(CDR~H) according to SEQ. ID NO: 4, or Ser-Tyr-Trp-Met-Asn (CDR1H).
Met-Ile-Asp-Pro-Ser-Asp-Ser-Glu-Thr-Gln-Tyr-Asn-Gln-Met-Phe-L ys-Asp (CDRz~I)
and
Gly-Gly-Ala-Ser-Gly-Asp-Trp-Tyr-Phe-Asp-Val {CDR3H) according to SEQ. ID NO:B.
Especially preferred are recombinant antibodies comprising a heavy chain
variable
domain of formula I, wherein the polypeptide residues of the framework regions
FRr, FR2,
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FR3 and FR4 are those preferably occurring in mammalian, especially murine or
human,
antibodies.
In a flrSt embodiment of the invention, nlost preferred are recombinant
antibodies with a
heavy chain variable domain comprising a polypeptide of the amino acid
sequence 2 to
120, of SEQ ID N0:4, wherein optionally one or more, e.g. l, 2, 3 or 4, single
amino acids
within the amino acid sequences 2 to 31 (FRt), 37 to 50 (FR2), 68 to 99 (FR3),
and/or 110
to 120 (FR4), are replaced by other amino acids or deleted, and wherein the
amino acid
Cys may be in the oxidized state forming S-S-bridges, in particular the
recombinant
antibodies with a heavy chain variable domain comprising a polypeptide of the
amino acid
sequence 2 to 120 of SEQ ID N0:4, wherein the amino acid Cys may be in the
oxidized
state forming S-S-bridges.
In a second embodiment of the invention, most preferred are recombinant
antibodies
wherein the heavy chain variable domain comprises a polypeptide of the amino
acid
sequence 2 to 121, of SEQ ID N0:8, wherein optionally one or more, e.g. 1, 2,
3 or 4,
single amino acids within the amino acid sequences 2 to 31 (FR1), 37 to 50
(FR2), 68 to 99
(FR3), and/or 111 to 121 (FR4), are replaced by other amino acids or deleted,
and wherein
the amino acid Cys may be in the oxidized state forming S-S-bridges, in
particular the
recombinant antibodies with a heavy chain variable domain comprising a
polypeptide of
the amino acid sequence 2 to 121 of SEQ ID NO:B, wherein the amino acid Cys
may be in
the oxidized state forming S-S-bridges.
For example, a hydrophobic amino acid within the framework regions may be
replaced by
another amino acid, preferably also a hydrophobic amino acid, e.g. a
homologous amino
acid, replaced by two amino acids, or deleted. Likewise, a hydrophilic amino
acid within
the framework region may be replaced by another amino acid, two amino acids or
deleted,
whereby replacing amino acids preferably maintain the hydrogen bond structure
of the
corresponding framework region.
Likewise preferred recombinant antibodies of the invention are those wherein
the light
chain variable domain comprises a polypeptide of the formula
FR6-CDR r L-FRS-CDRZL-FR8-CDR3L-FR9 (II)
wherein FRS is a polypeptide residue comprising naturally occurring amino
acids,
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preferably 19-25, especially 19-23 naturally occurring amino acids, FRS is a
polypeptide
residue comprising 13-17 naturally occurring amino acids, FR8 is a polypeptide
residue
comprising 30-34 naturally occurring amino acids, FRS is a polypeptide residue
comprising naturally occurring amino acids, particularly 7-11 naturally
occurring amino
acids, and CDIy~ is a polypeptide residue of the amino acid sequence 159 to
169 of SEQ
ID N0:4, CDR2L is a polypeptide residue of the amino acid sequence 185 to 191
of SEQ
ID N0:4, and CDR3L is a polypeptide residue of the amino acid sequence 224 to
232 of
SEQ ID N0:4, or CDRI~ is a polypeptide residue of the amino acid sequence 160
to 170
of SEQ ID N0:8, CDRzL is a polypeptide residue of the amino acid sequence 186
to 192
of SEQ ID N0:8, and CDR3L is a polypeptide residue of the amino acid sequence
225 to
232 of SEQ ID N0:8, and wherein the amino acid Cys may be in the oxidized
state
forming S-S-bridges. These particular complementarity determining regions are
Lys-Ala-Ser-Gln-Asp-Val-Tyr-Asn-Ala-Val-Ala (CDR1L), Ser-Ala-Ser-Ser-Arg-Tyr-
Thr
(CDR2L), and Gln-Gln-His-Phe-Arg-Thr-Pro-Phe-Thr (CDR3L) according to SEQ ID
No:4, or Lys-Ala-Ser-Gln-Asp-Ile-Lys-Lys-Tyr-Ile-Ala (CDR1L),
Tyr-Thr-Ser-Val-Leu-Gln-Pro (CDR2L) and Leu-His-Tyr-Asp-Tyr-Leu-Tyr-Thr
(CDR3t,)
according to SEQ ID No. 8.
Especially preferred are recombinant antibodies comprising a light chain
variable domain
of formula II, wherein the polypeptide residues of the framework regions FRS,
FR6, FRS
and FR$ are those preferably occurring in mammalian, especially murine or
human,
antibodies.
In one embodiment of the invention, mast preferred are recombinant antibodies
wherein
the light chain variable domain comprises a polypeptide of the amino acid
sequence 136 to
241 of SEQ ID NO:4, wherein optionally one or more, e.g. 1, 2, 3 or 4, single
amino acids
within the amino acid sequences 136 to 158 (FR6), 170 to 184 (FRS), 192 to 223
(FRg),
and/or 233 to 241 (FR9) are replaced by other amino acids or deleted, and
wherein the
amino acid Cys may be in the oxidized state forming S-S-bridges, in particular
the
recombinant antibodies with a light chain variable domain comprising a
polypeptide of the
amino acid sequence 136 to 241 of SEQ ID N0:4, wherein the amino acid Cys may
be in
the oxidized state forming S-S-bridges.
In a second embodiment of the invention, most preferred are recombinant
antibodies
wherein the light chain variable domain comprises a polypeptide of the amino
acid
sequence 137 to 241 of SEQ ID N0:8, wherein optionally one or more, e.g. 1, 2,
3 or 4
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single amino acids within the amino acid sequences 137 to 159 (FRS,), 171 to
185 (FRS),
193 to 224 (FRs), and/or 233 to 241 (FRS) are replaced by other amino acids or
deleted,
and wherein the amino acid Cys may be in the oxidized state forming S-S-
bridges, in
particular the recombinant antibody wherein the light chain variable domain
comprises a
polypeptide of the amino acid sequence 137 to 241 of SEQ ID N0:8, wherein the
amino
acid Cys may be in the oxidized state forming S-S-bridges.
For example, amino acids within the framework regions may be replaced by other
amino
acids or deleted as detailed above for the heavy chain.
Especially preferred is a single-chain recombinant antibody wherein the heavy
chain
variable domain and the light chain variable domain are linked by way of a
spacer group
consisting of 10 to 30, e.g. around 15, amino acids, in particular a single-
chain
recombinant antibody comprising a polypeptide of the formula
FRl-CDRtrt-FR2-CDRZH-FR3-CDR3~I-FR4-Sp-FRS-CDRtL-FRS-CDRZL-FRs-CDR3L-FRS
(EI),
wherein FRt,CDRIrI,FR2,CDR2H,FR3,CDR3ri,FRI,FR~,CDR1L,FR~,CDR2L, FRB,CDR3~
and FR9 have the meanings as mentioned before and Sp is a peptide spacer
consisting of
about 10 to 30, e.g. around 15, amino acids; and wherein the heavy chain or
the light chain
variable domain is further connected to an effector molecule, e.g. an enzyme,
such as
phosphatase, particularly alkaline phosphatase, or a toxin, such as
Pseudomonas exotoxin,
or a variant thereof. Preferably, the effector molecule is connected to the
light chain
variable domain, optionally via a peptide spacer consisting of one or more,
e.g. 1-10
amino acids.
These fusion proteins comprising a single-chain recombinant antibody and an
effector
molecule optionally comprise another peptide, e.g. a peptide facilitating
purification, in
particular a peptide being an epitope against which an antibody is available,
such as the
FLAG peptide. Purification, e.g. by means of affinity chromatography, of a
fusion protein
comprising such a peptide is advantageous e.g. in that it may be faster, more
specific
and/or gentler. The peptide may be placed at the N-terminus of the fusion
protein, in
between the recombinant antibody and the effector molecule, or at the C-
terminus of the
fusion protein. Preferably, it is located at the N-terminus or at the C-
terminus, in particular
at the N-terminus. Preferably, these constructs also contain a cleavage site,
so that the
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fusion protein can be liberated therefrom, either by enzymatic cleavage, e.g.
by
enterokinase or by Factor Xa, or by the chemical methods known in the art.
Furthermore
these constructs may comprise a peptide spacer consisting of one or more, e.g.
1 to 10, in
particular about 2 amino acids, said spacer facilitating the linkage of the
above-mentioned
pcpticlc and/or the cleavage site to the recombinant antibody. The cleavage
site is placed
in such a way that the fusion protein comprising the recombinant antibody and
the effector
molecule can be easily liberated, if desired, preferably in vitro. For
example, in the protein
construct comprising the fusion protein designated Fv(FRPS)-ETA (cf. SEQ. ID
NO:10),
the FLAG peptide and an enterokinase cleavage site are linked to a spacer and
placed in
front of the Fv heavy chain/light chain variable domain and exotoxin A fusion
protein. If
desired, the FLAG peptide can be cleaved off by enterokinase, preferably after
affinity
purification of the protein, yielding a fusion protein comprising the single-
chain antibody
Fv(FRPS) and exotoxin A.
Most preferred is a single-chain recombinant antibody wherein the heavy chain
variable
domain and the light chain variable domain are derived from a mouse monoclonal
antibody directed to the extracellular domain of the growth factor receptor c-
erbB-2, e.g.
derived from the mouse monoclonal antibodies FRPS> FSP16> FWPS1 or FSP77,
particularly from the mouse monoclonal antibodies FRPS or FWP51. Likewise
preferred is
a single-chain recombinant antibody wherein the spacer group linking the light
chain and
the heavy chain variable domains is a polypeptide comprising about 15 amino
acids
selected from glycine and serine, in particular wherein the spacer group is
the 15 amino
acid polypeptide consisting of three repetitive subunits of Gly-Gly-Gly-Gly-
Ser.
Especially preferred is a single-chain antibody comprising the heavy chain
variable
domain of a mouse monoclonal antibody selected from the group consisting of
FRPS,
FSP16, FWP51 and FSP77, the 15 amino acid spacer group consisting of three
repetitive
subunits of Gly-Gly-Gly-Gly-Ser, the light chain variable domain of a mouse
monoclonal
antibody selected from the group consisting of FRPS, FSP16, F'WP51 and FSP77
and an
enzyme, for example a phosphatase such as the alkaline phosphatase phoA, or an
exotoxin
such as Pseudomonas exotoxin, or a variant thereof.
Particularly preferred is the particular single-chain recombinant antibody
designated
Fv(FRPS)-phoA comprising a polypeptide of the amino acid sequence 2 to 690 of
SEQ ID
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Likewise preferred is a single-chain recombinant antibody comprising a peptide
facilitating purification, a cleavage site and a particular single-chain
recombinant antibody
selected from the group consisting of Fv(FRPS)-ETA and Fv(FWP51)-ETA, in
particular
a single-chain recombinant antibody comprising a polypeptide selected from the
group
consisting of a polypeptide of the amino acid sequence -10 to 606 of SEQ. ID
NO:10 and
of a polypeptide of the amino acid sequence -10 to 606 of SEQ. ID NO:11, said
protein
being subjected to in vitro cleavage by enterokinase, if desired.
Particularly preferred is a single-chain recombinant antibody comprising a
protein selected
from the group consisting of a polypeptide of the amino acid sequence 2 to 606
of SEQ ID
NO:10 and a polypeptide of the amino acid sequence 2 to 606 of SEQ ID NO:11:
The invention further concerns the mouse monoclonal antibodies directed to the
extracellular domain of the growth factor receptor c-erbB-2 and designated
FRPS, FSP16,
FSP77, and FWP51, which are secreted by the hybridoma cell lines FRPS, FSP16,
FSP77,
and FWP51, respectively. Most preferred are the mouse monoclonal antibodies
designated FRPS and FWP51.
The invention further concerns a method of manufacture of the recombinant
antibodies
and of the mouse monoclonal antibodies of the invention. The antibodies are
prepared by
processes that are known ~ se, characterized in that host cells or hybridoma
cells as
defined further below producing such antibodies are multiplied in vitro or in
vivo and,
when required, the obtained antibodies are isolated. For example, the
recombinant
antibodies of the invention can be prepared by recombinant DNA techniques
comprising
culturing a transformed host under conditions which allow expression thereof
and
isolating said antibody.
More specifically, the present invention also relates to a process for the
production of a
protein of the invention selected from the group consisting of a heavy chain
murine
variable domain, a light chain murine variable domain, a heavy chain murine
variable
domain and a light chain murine variable domain, a single-chain recombinant
antibody, a
fusion protein, and a fusion protein optionally comprising a peptide
facilitating
purification, a cleavage site and a peptide spacer comprising culturing a
host, e.g. E. coli,
which has been transformed with a hybrid vector comprising an expression
cassette
comprising a promoter and a DNA coding fox said protein which DNA is
controlled by
said promoter, and isolating said protein.
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In particular, the present invention relates to a process for the production
of a protein of
the invention selected from the group consisting of a heavy chain murine
variable domain,
a light chain murine variable domain, a heavy chain murine variable domain and
a light
chain munne variable domain, a single-chain recombinant antibody, and a fusion
protein
optionally comprising a peptide facilitating purification, a cleavage site and
a peptide
spacer comprising culturing a host, e.g. E. coli, which has been transformed
with a hybrid
vector comprising an expression cassette comprising a promoter operably linked
to a first
DNA sequence encoding a signal peptide linked in the proper reading frame to a
second
DNA sequence encoding said protein, and isolating said protein.
Multiplication of hybridoma cells or mammalian host cells in vitro is carried
out in
suitable culture media, which are the customary standard culture media, for
example
Dulbecco's Modified Eagle Medium (DMEM) or RPMI 1640 medium, optionally
replenished by a mammalian serum, e.g. fetal calf serum, or trace elements and
growth
sustaining supplements, e.g feeder cells such as normal mouse peritoneal
exudate cells,
spleen cells, bone marrow macrophages, 2-aminoethanol, insulin, transfewin,
low density
lipoprotein, oleic acid, or the like. Multiplication of host cells which are
bacterial cells or
yeast cells is likewise carried out in suitable culture media known in the
art, for example
for bacteria in medium LB, NZCYM, NZYM, NZM, Terrific Broth, SOB, SOC, 2 x YT,
or M9 Minimal Medium, and for yeast in medium YPD, YEPD, Minimal Medium, or
Complete Minimal Dropout Medium.
In vitro production provides relatively pure antibody preparations and allows
scale-up to
give large amounts of the desired antibodies. Techniques for bacterial cell,
yeast or
mammalian cell cultivation are known in the art and include homogeneous
suspension
culture, e.g. in an airlift reactor or in a continuous stirrer reactor, or
immobilized or
entrapped cell culture, e.g. in hollow fibres, microcapsules, on agarose
microbeads or
ceramic cartridges.
Large quantities of the desired antibodies can also be obtained by multiplying
mammalian
cells in vivo. For this purpose, hybridoma cells producing the desired
antibodies are
injected into histocompatible mammals to cause growth of antibody-producing
tumors.
Optionally, the animals are primed with a hydrocarbon, especially mineral oils
such as
pristane (tetramethyl-pentadecane), prior to the injection. After one to three
weeks, the
antibodies are isolated from the body fluids of those mammals. For example,
hybridoma
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cells obtained by fusion of suitable myeloma cells with antibody-producing
spleen cells
from Balb/c mice, or transfected cells derived from hybridoma cell line Sp2/0
that produce
the desired antibodies are injected intraperitoneally into Balb/c mice
optionally pre-treated
with pristine, and, after one to two weeks, ascitic fluid is taken from the
animals.
The cell culture supernatants are screened for the desired antibodies,
preferentially by
immunofluorescent staining of cells expressing c-erbB-2, by immunoblotting, by
an
enzyme immunoassay, e.g. a sandwich assay or a dot-assay, or a
radioimmunoassay.
For isolation of the antibodies; the immunoglobulins in the culture
supernatants or in the
ascitic fluid may be concentrated, e.g. by precipitation with ammonium
sulphate, dialysis
against hygroscopic material such as polyethylene glycol, filtration through
selective
membranes, or the like. If necessary andlor desired, the antibodies are
purified by the
customary chromatography methods, for example gel filtration, ion-exchange
chromatography, chromatography over DEAE-cellulose and/or (immuno-)affinity
chromatography, e.g. affinity chromatography with c-erbB-2 protein or with
Protein-A.
The invention further concerns hybridoma cells secreting the monoclonal
antibodies of the
invention, in particular the hybridoma cell lines FRPS, FSP16, FSP77, and
FWP51
deposited under the Budapest Treaty on November 21, 1990 at the European
Collection of
Animal Cell Cultures (ECACC) in Porton Down, Salibury, UK, under the accession
numbers 90112115, 90112116,90112117, and 90112118, respectively. Most
preferred is
the hybridoma cell line designated F)ZPS, ECACC number 90112115 or the
hybridoma
cell line designated FWP51, ECACC number 90112118. The preferred hybridoma
cells of
the invention are genetically stable, secrete monoclonal antibodies of the
invention of the
desired specificity and can be activated from deep-frozen cultures by thawing
and
reclining.
The invention also concerns a process fox the preparation of a hybridoma cell
line
secreting monoclonal antibodies directed to the extracellular domain of the
growth factor
receptox c-erbB-2, characterized in that a suitable mammal, for example a
Balb/c moose,
is immunized with purified c-erbB-2 protein, an antigenic carrier containing
purified
c-erbB-2 or with cells bearing growth factor receptor c-erbB-2, antibody-
producing cells
of the immunized mammal are fused with cells of a suitable myeloma cell line,
the hybrid
cells obtained in the fusion are cloned, and cell clones secreting the desired
antibodies are
selected. For example spleen cells of Balb/c mice immunized with cells bearing
c-erbB-2
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are fused with cells of the myeloma cell line PAI or the myeloma cell line
Sp2/0-Agl4,
the obtained hybrid cells are screened for secretion of the desired
antibodies, and positive
hybridoma cells are cloned.
Preferred is a process for the preparation of a hybridoma cell line,
characterized in that
Balb/c mice rare immunized by injecting subcutaneously and/or
intraperitoneally between
10~ and 108 cells of the human brc;ast tumor cell line SKBR3 containing a
suitable
adjuvant several times, e.g. four to six times, over several months, e.g.
between two and
four months, and spleen cells from the immunized mice are taken two to four
days after
the last injection and fused with cells of the myeloma cell line PAI in the
presence of a
fusion promoter, preferably polyethylene glycol. Preferably the myeloma cells
are fused
with a three- to twentyfold excess of spleen cells from the immunized mice in
a solution
containing about 30 % to about 50 ~lo polyethylene glycol of a molecular
weight around
4000. After the fusion the cells are expanded in suitable culture media as
described
hereinbefore, supplemented with a selection medium, for example HAT medium, at
regular intervals in order to prevent normal myeloma cells from overgrowing
the desired
hybridoma cells.
The invention also concerns recombinant DNAs comprising an insert coding for a
heavy
chain marine variable domain and/or for a light chain marine variable domain
of
antibodies directed to the extracellular domain of the growth factor receptor
c-erbB-2 as
described hereinbefore. By definition such DNAs comprise coding single
stranded DNAs,
double stranded DNAs consisting of said coding DNAs and of complementary DNAs
thereto, or these complementary (single stranded) DNAs themselves.
Furthermore, DNA encoding a heavy chain muxine variable domain and/or for a
light
chain marine variable domain of antibodies directed to the extracellulw domain
of the
growth factor receptor c-erbB-2 can be enzymatically or chemically synthezised
DNA
having the authentic DNA sequence coding for a heavy chain marine variable
domain
and/or for the light chain marine variable domain, or a mutant therof. A
mutant of the
authentic DNA is a DNA encoding a heavy chain marine variable domain and/or a
light
chain marine variable domain of the above-mentioned antibodies in which one or
more
amino acids are deleted or exchanged with one or more other amino acids.
Preferably said
modifications) are outside the CDRs of the heavy chain marine variable domain
and/or of
the light chain rnurine variable domain of the antibody. Such a mutant DNA is
also
intended to be a silent mutant wherein one or more nucleotides are replaced by
other
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nucleotides with the new colons coding for the same amino acid(s). Such a
mutant
sequence is also a degenerated sequence. Degenerated sequences are degenerated
within
the meaning of the genetic code in that an unlimited number of nucleotides are
replaced by
other nucleotides without resulting in a change of the amino acid sequence
originally
encoded. Such degenerated sequences may be useful due to their different
restriction sites
and/or frequency of particular colons which are preferred by the specific
host, particularly
E. coli, to obtain an optimal expression of the heavy chain murine variable
domain and/or
a light chain rnurxne variable domain.
The term mutant is intended to include a DNA mutant obtained by in vitro
mutagenesis of
the authentic DNA according to methods known in the art.
The invention relates to a recombinant DNA comprising an insert coding for a
heavy chain
murine variable domain of a monoclonal antibody selected from the group
consisting of
the antibodies F:RPS, FSP16> FSP77 and FWP51, or coding for an amino acid
sequence
homologous to said heavy chain variable domain.
In particular, the invention concerns a recombinant DNA comprising an insert
coding for a
heavy chain murine variable domain, which originates from genomic DNA or mRNA
of
the hybridoma cell lines FRPS, FSP16, FSP77 or FWP51, or which is homologous
to
genomic DNA of said cell lines and codes for an amino acid sequence homologous
to the
heavy chain variable domain of monoclonal antibodies FRPS, FSP16, FSP77 or
FWP51.
Especially preferred is a recombinant DNA comprising an insert coding for a
heavy chain
murine variable domain, which originates from genomic DNA or mRNA of the
hybridoma
cell Iine FRPS, or which is homologous to genomic DNA of said cell line and
codes for an
amino acid sequence homologous to the heavy chain variable domain of
monoclonal
antibody FRPS; or a recombinant DNA comprising an insert coding for a heavy
chain
murine variable domain, which originates from genomic DNA or mRNA of the
hybridoma
cell line FWP51, or which is homologous to genomic DNA of said cell line and
codes for
an amino acid sequence homologous to the heavy chain variable domain of
monoclonal
antibody FWP51
Preferred is a recombinant DNA comprising an insert coding for the poiypeptide
of
formula I, wherein FRt, FR2, FR3, FR4, CDRrH, CDR2H, and CDR3H have the
meanings
as mentioned hereinbefore, optionally further containing introns. Especially
preferred is a
recombinant DNA coding for the polypeptide of formula I comprising inserts
coding for
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murine or human framework regions FR1, FR2, FRS and FR4, and inserts coding
for
complementarily determining regions of the DNA seduence 99 to 113 (CDRIEi),
the DNA
sequence 156 to 206 (CDR2t~), and the DNA sequence 303 to 332 (CDR3t.~) of SEQ
ID
N0:4 or coding for complementarily deternuning regions of the DNA sequence 99
to 113
(CDRtt_t), the DNA sequence 156 to 206 (CDRZtt), and the DNA sequence 303 to
335
(CDR3t_I) of SEQ ID N0:8. Most preferred is a DNA comprising an insert of the
DNA
sequence 9 to 365 of SEQ 1D N0:4, wherein optionally one or more, e.g. 1 to
10,
nucleotides are replaced by other nucleotides, in particular a DNA comprising
an insert of
the DNA sequence 9 to 365 of SEQ ID N0:4. Likewise preferred is a DNA
comprising an
insert of the DNA sequence 9 to 368 of SEQ ID N0:8, wherein optionally one or
more,
e.g. 1 to 10, nucleotides are replaced by other nucleotides, in particular a
DNA comprising
an insert of the DNA sequence 9 to 368 of SEQ ID N0:8.
In a DNA wherein nucleotides of the sequence given in SEQ ID N0:4, or in a DNA
wherein nucleotides of the sequence given in SEQ ID N0:8, are replaced by
other
nucleotides, such replacement is preferred when it does not alter the amino
acid sequence
of the complementarity determining regions (CDRs) coded for. This means that
such
replacement of nucleotides may occur in the inserts coding for the framework
regions
(FRs) or in a position where it does not alter the amino acid coded for due to
the
degeneracy of the triplet codons.
Likewise the invention relates to a recombinant DNA comprising an insert
coding for a
light chain murine variable domain of a monoclonal antibody selected from the
group
consisting of the antibodies FRPS, FSP16, FSP77 and FWP51, or coding for an
amino acid
sequence homologous to said light chain variable domain.
More specifically, the invention concerns a recombinant DNA comprising an
insert coding
for a light chain murine variable domain, which originates from genomic DNA or
rnRNA
of the hybridoma cell lines FRPS, FSP16, FSP77 or FWP51, or. which is
homologous to
genomic DNA of said cell lines and codes for an amino acid sequence homologous
to the
light chain variable domain of monoclonal antibodies FRPS, FSP16, FSP77 or
FWP51.
Particularly preferred is a recombinant DNA comprising an insert coding for a
light chain
murine variable domain, which originates from genomic DNA or mRNA of the
hybridoma
cell line FRPS, or which is homologous to genomic DNA of said cell line and
codes for an
amino acid sequence homologous to the light chain variable domain of
monoclonal
antibody FIZPS, or a recombinant DNA comprising an insert coding for a light
chain
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murine variable domain, which originates from genomic DNA or mRNA of the
hybridoma
cell line FwP5l, or which is homologous to genomic DNA of said cell line and
codes for
an amino acid sequence homologous to the light chain variable domain of
monoclonal
antibody FWP51.
Preferred is a recombinant DNA comprising an insert coding for the polypeptide
of
formula LI, wherein FRS, FRS, FRS, FRB, CDRtL, CDRZL, and CDR3L have the
meanings
as mentioned hereinbefore, optionally further containing introns. Especially
preferred is a
recombinant DNA coding for the polypeptide of formula II comprising inserts
coding for
murine or human framework regions FRS, FR6, FRS and FRB, and inserts coding
for
complementarity determining regions of the DNA sequence 480 to 512 (CDRiL),
the
DNA sequence 558 to 578 (CDR2L), and the DNA sequence 675 to 701 (CDR3L) of
SEQ
ID N0:4, or coding for complementarity determining regions of the DNA seguence
483 to
515 (CDRiL), the DNA sequence 561 to 581 (CDR2L), and the DNA sequence 678 to
701
(CDR3L) of SEQ ID N0:8.
Most preferred is a DNA comprising an insert of the DNA sequence 411 to 728 of
SEQ ID
N0:4, wherein optionally one or more, e.g. 1 to 10, nucleotides are replaced
by other
nucleotides, in particular a DNA comprising an insert of the DNA sequence 411
to 728 of
SEQ ID N0:4. Likewise preferred is a DNA comprising an insert of the DNA
sequence
414 to 728 of SEQ ID N0:8, wherein optionally one or more, e.g. 1 to 10,
nucleotides are
replaced by other nucleotides, in particular a DNA comprising an insert of the
DNA
sequence 414 to 728 of SEQ ID N0:8. In a DNA wherein nucleotides of the
sequence
given in SEQ ID N0:4, or in a DNA wherein nucleotides of the sequence given in
SEQ ID
N0:8, are replaced by other nucleotides, such replacement is preferred when it
does not
alter the amino acid sequence of the complementarity determining regions
(CDRs) coded
for, as is described above for DNA coding for the heavy chain variable domain.
For the assembly of complete tetrameric immunoglobulin molecules arid the
expression of
chimeric antibodies, the recombinant DNA inserts coding for heavy and light
chain
variable domains are fused with the corresponding DNAs coding for heavy and
light chain
constant domains, then transferred into appropriate host cells, for example
after
incorporation into hybrid vectors.
The invention therefore also concerns recombinant DNAs comprising an insert
coding for
a heavy chain murine variable domain of an antibody directed to the
extracelhilar domain
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of c-erbB-2 fused to a human constant domain y, for example y1, y2, y3 or y4,
preferably
y1 or y4. Likewise the invention concerns recombinant DNAs comprising an
insert
coding for a light chain murine variable domain of an antibody directed to the
extracellular domain of c-erbB-2 fused to a human constant domain x or ~,,
preferably x.
The invention especially concerns recombinant DNAs coding for a single-chain
recombinant antibody as defined hereinbefore, e.g. recombinant DNA wherein the
heavy
chain variable domain and the light chain variable domain are linked by way of
a DNA
insert coding for a spacer group, in particular a recombinant DNA coding for a
protein of
the formula III, wherein FRa,FR2,FR3,FR4,FR6,FR~,FRB,FR~, SP, CDR1H,CDRZ~I,
CDR3H,
CDR1L, CDR2L and CDR3L have the meanings given above, optionally comprising
further
DNA coding for an effector molecule and/or signal sequences facilitating the
processing
of the antibody in the host cell. In particular the invention concerns a DNA
comprising an
insert of the DNA sequence 9-728 of SEQ ID N0:4, wherein optionally one or
more, e.g.
1 to 10, nucleotides are replaced by other nucleotides, especially a DNA
comprising an
insert of the DNA sequence 9 to 728 of SEQ ID N0:4. Furthermore the invention
relates
to a DNA comprising an insert of the DNA sequence 9-728 of SEQ ID N0:8 wherein
optionally one or more, e.g. 1 to 10, nucleotides are xeplaced by other
nucleotides,
especially a DNA comprising an insert of the DNA sequence 9 to 728 of SEQ ID
N0:8.
In another embodiment the invention pertains to recombinant DNAs coding for a
recombinant DNA wherein the heavy chain variable domain and the light chain
variable
domain are linked by way of a DNA insert coding fox a spacer group, optionally
comprising a signal sequence facilitating the processing of the antibody in
the host cell
and/or a DNA coding for a peptide facilitating the purification of the
antibody and/or a
DNA coding for a cleavage site and/or a DNA coding for a peptide spacer and/or
a DNA
coding for an effector molecule.
The DNA coding for an effector molecule is intended to be a DNA coding for the
above-mentioned effector molecules, particularly a DNA coding for alkaline
phosphatase
or Pseudomonas exotoxin A. The DNA encoding such an effector molecule has the
sequence of a naturally occurring enzyme or toxin encoding DNA, or a mutant
therof, and
can be prepared by methods well known in the art. A mutant of the naturally
occurring
DNA encoding e.g. alkaline phosphatase or Pseudomonas exotoxin A, or a variant
thereof
can be obtained e.g. analogously to the methods described above.
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Most preferred is a DNA comprising an insert of the DNA sequence 23 to 814 of
SEQ ID
N0:5, of the DNA sequence 86 to 2155 of SEQ ID NO:S or of the DNA sequence 23
to
2155 of SEQ ID NO:S, wherein optionally one or more, e.g. 1 to 10, nucleotides
are
replaced by other nucleotides, in particular a DNA comprising an insert of the
DNA
sequence 23 to 2155 of SEQ ID NO:S.
Equally preferred is a DNA comprising an insert of the DNA sequence 1 to 1911
of SEQ
ID NO:10, of the DNA sequence 64 to 1911 of SEQ ID NO:10, or of the DNA
sequence
97 to 1911 of SEQ ID N0:10, wherein optionally one or more, e.g. 1 to 10,
nucleotides are
replaced by other nucleotides, in particular a DNA comprising an insert of the
DNA
sequence 1 to 1911 of SEQ IDs NO: 10; or a DNA comprising an insert of the DNA
sequence 1 to 1911 of SEQ ID N0:11, of the DNA sequence 64 to 1911 of SEQ ID
NO:11, of the DNA sequence 96 to 1911 of SEQ ID NO:11, or of the DNA sequence
97 to
1911 of SEQ ID N0:11, wherein optionally one or more, e.g. 1 to 10,
nucleotides are
replaced by other nucleotides, in particular a DNA comprising an insert of the
DNA
sequence 1 to 1911 of SEQ ID NO:11.
Furtherniore the invention concerns a recombinant DNA which is a hybrid vector
comprising an insert coding for the variable domain of a marine heavy chain as
described
hereinbefore and/or an insert coding for the variable domain of a marine light
chain as
described hereinbefore, an origin of replication or an autonomously
replicating sequence,
one or more dominant marker sequences and, optionally, expression control
sequences,
signal sequences and additional restriction sites.
In a first embodiment the hybrid vector according to the invention comprises
an
expression cassette comprising a promoter and a DNA coding for a protein of
the
invention selected from the group consisting of a heavy chain marine variable
domain, a
light chain marine variable domain, a heavy chain marine variable domain and a
light
chain marine variable domain, a single-chain recombinant antibody, a fusion
protein, and
a fusion protein optionally comprising a peptide facilitating purification, a
cleavage site
and a peptide spacer, which DNA is controlled by said promoter, and isolating
said
protein.
In a second embodiment, the hybrid vector according to the invention comprises
an
expression cassette comprising a promoter operably linked to a first DNA
sequence
encoding a signal peptide linked in the proper reading frame to a second DNA
sequence
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encoding a protein of the invention selected from the group consisting of a
heavy chain
marine variable domain, a light chain mu.rine variable domain, a heavy chain
marine
variable domain and a light chain marine variable domain, a single-chain
recombinant
antibody, and a fusion protein optionally comprising a peptide facilitating
puryfication, a
cleavage site and a peptide spacer.
Vectors typically perform two functions in collaboration with compatible host
cells. One
function is to facilitate the cloning of the nucleic acid that encodes the
immunoglobulin
variable domains, i.e. to produce usable quantities of the nucleic acid
(cloning vectors).
The other function is to provide for replication and expression of the
recombinant gene
constructs in a suitable host, either by maintenance as an extrachromosomal
element or by
integration into the host chromosome (expression vectors). A cloning vector
comprises
the recombinant gene constructs as described above, an origin of replication
or an
autonomously replicating sequence, dominant marker sequences and, optionally,
signal
sequences and additional restriction sites. An expression vector additionally
comprises
expression control sequences essential for the transcription and translation
of the
recombinant genes.
An origin of replication or an autonomously replicating sequence is provided
either by
construction of the vector to include an exogeneous origin such as derived
from Simian
virus 40 (SV 4p) or another viral source, or by the host cell chromosomal
mechanisms.
The markers allow for selection of host cells which contain the vector.
Selection markers
include genes which confer resistance to heavy metals such as copper or to
antibiotics
such as geneticin (G-418) ox hygromycin, or genes which complement a genetic
lesion of
the host cell such as the absence of thymidin kinase, hypoxanthine phosphoryl
transferase,
dihydrofolate reductase or the like.
Signal sequences may be, for example, presequences or secretory leaders
directing the
secretion of the recombinant antibody, splice signals, or the like. Examples
for signal
sequences directing the secretion of the recombinant antibody are sequences
derived from
the ompA gene, the pelB (pectate lyase) gene or the phoA gene.
As expression contxol sequences, the vector DNA comprises a promoter,
sequences
necessary for the initiation and termination of transcription and for
stabilizing the mRNA
and, optionally, enhancers and fuxther regulatory sequences.
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A wide variety of promoting sequences may be employed, depending on the nature
of the
host cell. Promoters that are strong and at the same time well regulated are
the most
useful. Sequences for the initiation of translation are for example Shine-
Dalgarno
sequences. Sequences necessary for the initiation and termination of
transcription and for
stabilizing the mRNA are commonly available from the noncoding 5'-regions and
3'-regions, respectively, of viral or eukaryotic cDNAs, e.g. from the
expression host.
Enhancers are transcription-stimulating DNA sequences of viral origin, e.g.
derived from
Simian virus, polyoma virus, bovine papilloma virus or Moloney sarcoma virus,
or of
genomic, especially murine, origin.
The various DNA segments of the vector DNA are operationally linked, i.e. they
are
contiguous and placed into a functional relationship with each other.
Examples of vectors which are suitable for replication and expression in an E.
coli strain
are bacteriophages, for example derivatives of ~, bacteriophages, or plasmids,
such as, in
particular, the plasmid ColEl and its derivatives, for example pMB9, pSF2124,
pBR317
or pBR322 and plasmids derived from pBR322, such as pUC9, pUCKO, pHRi148 and
pLc24. Suitable vectors contain a complete replicon, a marker gene,
recognition
sequences for restriction endonucleases, so that the foreign DNA and, if
appropriate, the
expression control sequence can be inserted at these sites, and optionally
signal sequences
and enhancers.
Microbial promoters are, for example, the strong leftward promoter PL of
bacteriophage ~,
which is controlled by a temperature sensitive repressor. Also suitable are E.
coli
promoters such as the lac (lactose) promoter regulated by the lac repressor
and induced by
isopropyl-(3-D-thiogalactoside, the trp (tryptophan) promoter regulated by the
trp repressor
and induced e.g. by tryptophan starvation, and the tac (hybrid trp-lac
promoter) regulated
by the lac repressor.
Vectors which are suitable for replication and expression in yeast contain a
yeast
replication start and a selective genetic marker for yeast. One group of such
vectors
includes so-called ars sequences (autonomous replication sequences) as origin
of
replication. These vectors are retained extrachromosomally within the yeast
cell after the
transformation and are replicated autonomously. Furthermore, vectors which
contain all
or part of the 2p (2 mikron) plasmid DNA from Saccharomyces cerevisiae can be
used.
Such vectors will get integrated by recombination into 2p, plasmids already
existing within
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the cell, or replicate autonomously. 2p sequences are particularly suitable
when high
transformation frequency and high copy numbers are to be achieved.
Expression control sequences which are suitable for expression in yeast are,
for example,
those of highly expressed yeast genes. Thus, the promoters for the TRPI gene,
the ADHI
or ADFIII gene, acid phosphatase (FF-103 ox PHOS) gene, isocytochrome gene or
a
promoter involved with the glycolytic pathway, such as the promoter of the
enolase,
glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate kinase PGK), hexokinase, pyruvate decarboxylase,
phosphofructokinase, glucose-6-phosphate isomerase, 3-phosphoglycerate mutase,
pyxuvate kinase, triosephosphate isomerase, phosphoglucose isomerase and
glucokinase
genes, can be used.
Vectors suitable for replication and expression in mammalian cells are
preferably provided
with promoting sequences derived from DNA of viral origin, e.g. from Simian
virus 40
(SV40), Rous sarcoma virus (RSV), adenovirus 2, bovine papilloma virus (BPV),
papova-
virus BK mutant (BKV), or mouse or human cytomegalovirus (CMV). Alternatively,
the
vectors may compxise promoters from mammalian expression products, such as
actin,
collagen, myosin etc., or the native promoter and control sequences which are
noxmally
associated with the desired gene sequence, i.e. the immunoglobulin H-chain or
L-chain
promoter.
Preferred vectors are suitable for both procaryotic and eucaryotic hosts and
are based on
viral replication systems. Particularly preferred are vectors comprising
Simian virus
promoters, e.g. pSVgpt or pSVneo, further comprising an enhancer, e.g. an
enhancer
normally associated with the immunoglobulin gene sequences, in particular the
mouse Ig
H- or L-chain enhancex.
The recombinant DNA coding for a recombinant antibody of the invention can be
prepared, for example, by culturing a transformed host cell and optionally
isolating the
prepared DNA.
In particular, such DNA can be prepared by a method comprising
a) preparing murine DNA coding for the variable heavy and/or light chain
domains of the
antibody with the desired specificity, e.g. by isolating the DNA from the
genome of a
suitable hybridoma cell line and selecting the desired DNA using DNA probes,
or by
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isolating mRNA from a suitable hybridoma cell line and prepwing cDNA coding
for the
variable heavy and/or light chain domains of the antibody with the desired
specificity
using oligonucleotide primers,
b) preparing DNA coding for the desired signal sequence and/or preparing DNA
coding
for an effector molecule, e.g. by isolating the desired DNA(s) from a suitable
source, e.g.
from a genomic librvry or a cDNA library using DNA probes,
c) synthesizing DNA coding for the desired spacer group by chemical methods,
d) constructing recombinant genes encoding the recombinant antibodies by
incorporating
the DNA of step a) and, optionally, b) andlor c) into appropriate hybrid
vectors,
e) transferring the obtained hybrid vectors into a recipient host cell or
retrieving the DNA
coding for the recombinant genes and transferring the unlinked DNA into a
recipient host
cell,
f) selecting and culturing the transformed host cell, and
g) optionally isolating the desired DNA.
The DNA according to step a) of the process described above can be obtained by
isolation
of genomic DNA or by preparation of cDNA from isolated mRNA. Genomic DNA from
hybridoma cells is isolated by methods known in the art which include steps
far disruption
of the cells, e.g. by lysis in presence of detergents like TritonT"~',
extracting the DNA, e.g.
by treatment with phenol and CHCl3 l isoamyl alcohol, and precipitation of
DNA. The
DNA is fragmented, conveniently by one or more restriction endonucleases, the
resulting
fragments are replicated on a suitable carrier, e.g. nitrocellulose membranes,
and screened
with a DNA probe for the presence of the DNA sequences coding for the
polypeptide
sequence of interest, in particular for the presence of the rearranged H- and
L-chain Ig
gene loci. By this procedure DNA fragments are found that contain inserts with
heavy
chain V, D and J regions and Light chain V and J regions, respectively,
together with a
leader sequence and intxons, if any. cDNA from hybridoma cells is likewise
prepared by
methods known in the art, e.g. by extracting total cellular RNA, isolating
mRNA by a
suitable chromatographic method, e.g. chromatography on oligo(dT)-cellulose,
synthesizing cDNA with a mixture of deoxynucleotide triphosphates and reverse
transcriptase in the presence of oligonucleotide primers complementary to
suitable regions
in the murine immunoglobulin heavy and light chain constant domain genes, and
isolating
the cDNA. As a tool simplifying DNA isolation, the desired genomic DNA or cDNA
may
be amplified using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technology. PCR involves
repeated
rounds of extension from two primers specific for DNA regions at each end of
the gene.
Preferably, cDNA transcripts of total mRNA from the suitable hybridoma cell
line is
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treated in a heating/cooling cycle with Taq DNA polymerase in the presence of
primers
tailored to hybridize to Ig H- and L-chain variable domains, respectively.
Genomic DNA or cDNA according to step b) of the process described above is
isolated
from suitable bacterial or mammalian cells according to methods known in the
art.
Preferably, the methods as described under a) are used, substituting the
corresponding
source cells for the marine hybridoma cells and using DNA probes designed to
hybridize
with the desired signal seguences or the genes coding for the desired effector
molecules.
In bacteria wherein separation of mRNA from total RICA is not possible with
olig(dT)-cellulose, cDNA is prepared from total RNA using corresponding
oligonucleotide primers. The DNA isolation is simplified considerably by the
PCR
technology.
DNA according to step c) is prepared by conventional chemical and enzymatic
methods,
e.g. by chemical synthesis of oligonucleotides of between thirty and sixty
bases with
overlapping complementary seguences, hybridization of such oligonucleotides,
and
enzymatic ligation, aptionally after filling-in of missing bases with suitable
enzymes in
the presence of the corresponding deoxynucleotide triphosphates.
The DNA probe for the mouse variable chain domains may be a synthetic DNA, a
cDNA
derived from mRNA coding for the desired immunoglobulin or a genomic DNA or
DNA
fragment of known nucleotide sequence. As probes for the detection and/or
amplification
of the rearranged Ig gene loci of the variable domains of L-/H-chains, DNA
fragments of
known nucleotide sequences of adjacent conserved vwiable or constant domains
are
selected which constitute the Ig loci of the L-/I-I-chain in the mammal from
which the
DNA is derived, e.g. Balb/c mice. The DNA probe is synthesized by chemical
methods or
isolated from suitable tissue of an appropriate mammal, e.g. Balb/c mouse
liver, and
purified by standard methods. If required, the probe DNA is labelled, e.g.
radioactively
labelled by the well-known nick-translation technique, then hybridized with
the DNA
library in buffer and salt solutions containing adjuncts, e.g. calcium
chelators, viscosity
regulating compounds, proteins, non-specific DNA and the like, at temperatures
favoring
selective hybridization.
Once a fragment has been identified which contains the desired DNA sequence,
this
fragment may be further manipulated to remove nonessential DNA, modified at
one or
both termini, and treated to remove all or a portion of intervening sequences,
or the like.
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The joining of the various DNA fragments in order to produce recombinant genes
encoding the recombinant antibodies is performed in accordance with
conventional
techniques, for example, by blunt- or staggered-end ligation, restriction
enzyme digestion
to provide for appropriate cohesive termini, filling-in cohesive ends as
appropriate,
alkaline phosphatase treatment to avoid undesirable joining, and ligation with
appropriate
ligases.
The transfex of the recombinant DNAs, e.g. the transfer of hybrid vectors, and
the
selection of transformed cells is described below.
Moreover, the invention relates to host cells transformed with the recombinant
DNAs
described above, namely host cells which are transformed with a DNA encoding
the heavy
chain and/or a DNA encoding the light chain of the desired recombinant
antibody, in
particular host cells transformed with a DNA encoding the preferred single-
chain
recombinant antibody.
More specifically, the invention concerns a host cell which has been
transformed with a
hybrid vector comprising an expression cassette comprising a promoter and a
DNA coding
for a protein of the invention selected from the group consisting of a heavy
chain marine
variable domain, a light chain marine variable domain, a heavy chain marine
variable
domain and a light chain marine variable domain, a single-chain recombinant
antibody, a
fusion protein, and a fusion protein further comprising a peptide facilitating
purification, a
cleavage site and a peptide spacer which DNA is controlled by said promoter.
Furthermore, the invention pertains to a host cell which has been transformed
with a
hybrid vector comprising an expression cassette comprising a promoter operably
linked to
a first DNA sequence encoding a signal peptide linked in the proper reading
frame to a
second DNA sequence encoding a protein of the invention selected from the
group
consisting of a heavy chain marine variable domain, a light chain marine
variable domain,
a heavy chain marine variable domain and a light chain marine variable domain,
a
single-chain recombinant antibody, a fusion protein, and a fusion protein
further
comprising a peptide facilitating purification, a cleavage site and a peptide
spacer.
In particular, the present invention relates to a process for the production
of a protein of
the invention selected from the group consisting of a heavy chain marine
variable domain,
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a light chain marine variable domain, a heavy chain marine variable domain and
a light
chain marine variable domain, a single-chain recombinant antibody, a fusion
protein, and
a fusion protein further comprising a peptide facilitating purification, a
cleavage site and a
peptide spacer comprising culturing a host, e.g. E. coli, which has been
transformed with a
hybrid vector comprising an expression cassette comprising a promoter operably
linked to
a first DNA sequence encoding a signal peptide linked in the proper reading
frame to a
second DNA sequence encoding said protein, and isolating said protein.
The host cells of the present invention have to be capable of culture in
vitro. Suitable host
cells are of procaryotic or of eucaryotic origin and are, for example,
bacterial cells, e.g.
E. coli, yeasts, e.g. Saccharom_,~ cerevisiae, or mammalian cells. For the
preparation
of functional chimeric human/mouse antibodies the host cells have to be of
higher
eucaryotic origin to provide a suitable environment for the production of
active antibodies,
since the biosynthesis of functional tetrameric antibody molecules requires
correct nascent
polypeptide chain folding, glycosylation, and assembly.
Examples of suitable hosts are microorganisms which are devoid of or poor in
restriction
enzymes or modification enzymes, such as bacteria, in particular strains of
Escherichia
coli, for example E. coli X1776, E. coli Y1090, E, coli HB 101, E. coli W3110,
E. coli
HB101/LM1035, E. coli JA 221, E. coli DHSa, E. coli K12, or E. coli CC118
strain,
Bacillus subtilis, Bacillus stearothermophilus, Pseudomonas, Haemophilus,
Streptococcus
and others, and yeasts, for example Saccharomyces cerevisiae such as S.
cerevisiae GRF
18. Further suitable host cells are cells of higher organisms, in particular
established
continuous human or animal cell lines, e.g. human embryonic lung fibroblasts
L132,
human malignant melanoma Bowes cells, HeLa cells, SV40 virus transformed
kidney
cells of African green monkey COS-7 or Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells, or
cells of
lymphoid origin, such as lymphoma, myeloma, hybridoma, trioma or quadroma
cells, for
example PAI, Sp2/0 or X63-Ag8.653 cells.
The above mentioned strains of E. coli, in particular E. coli CC118, are
preferred as hosts.
The invention also concerns processes for the preparation of transforn~ed host
cells
wherein suitable recipient host cells as described hereinbefore are
transformed with a
hybrid vector according to the invention, and the transformed cells are
selected.
Transformation of microorganisms is carried out as described in the
literature, for example
for S. cerevisiae (A. Hinnen et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 75: 1929,
1978), for
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B. subtilis (Anagnostopoulos et al., J. Bacteriol. 81: 741, 1961), and for E.
coli (M.
Mandel et al., J. Mol. Biol. 53: 159, 1970).
Accordingly, the transformation procedure of E, coli cells includes, for
example, Ca2+
pretreatment of the cells so as to allow DNA uptake, and incubation with the
hybrid
vector. The subsequent selection of the transformed cells can be achieved, for
example,
by transferring the cells to a selective growth medium which allows separation
of the
transformed cells from the parent cells dependent on the nature of the marker
sequence of
the vector DNA. Preferably, a growth medium is used which does not allow
growth of
cells which do not contain the vector. The transformation of yeast comprises,
for
example, steps of enzymatic removal of the yeast cell wall by means of
glucosidases,
treatment of the obtained spheroplasts with the vector in the presence of
polyethylene
glycol and Ca2+ ions, and regeneration of the cell wall by embedding the
spheroplasts into
agar. Preferably, the regeneration agar is prepared in a way to allow
regeneration and
selection of the transformed cells as described above at the same time.
Transformation of cells of higher eucaryodc origin, such as mammalian cell
lines, is
preferably achieved by transfection. Transfection is carried out by
conventional
techniques, such as calcium phosphate precipitation, microinjection,
protoplast fusion,
electroporation, i.e. introduction of DNA by a short electrical pulse which
transiently
increases the permeability of the. cell membrane, or in the presence of helper
compounds
such as diethylaminoethyldextran, dimethyl sulfoxide, glycerol or polyethylene
glycol,
and the like. After the transfection procedure, transfected cells are
identified and selected,
for example, by cultivation in a selective medium chosen depending on the
nature of the
selection marker, for example standard culture media such as Dulbecco's
modified Eagle
medium (DMEM), minimum essential medium, RPMI 1640 medium and the like,
containing e.g. the corresponding antibiotic.
The host cells are transformed with the recombinant L-chain gene construct
alone, with
the recombinant H-chain gene construct alone, with both, either sequentially
or
simultaneously, or by using a vector construct comprising both the L-chain and
H-chain
genes, for example a recombinant single-chain antibody gene construct as
indicated
hereinbefore.
Preferred are host cells transformed with a recombinant single-chain antibody
gene
construct comprising DNA coding for the heavy chain variable domain of an anti-
c-erbB-2
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antibody, DNA coding for a spacer group, DNA coding for the light chain
variable domain
of an anti-c-erbl3-2 antibody and DNA coding for an effector molecule, in
particular
transfected with the preferred recombinant single-chain antibody gene
construct as
indicated hereinbefore. Further examples of host cells of the invention are
cells
transfected with similar recombinant plasmids which contain alternative
orientations of
the ~I- and L-chain gene constructs, and those incorporating additional DNA
elements to
facilitate high levels of expression of the recombinant antibodies.
The host cells of the invention are genetically stable, secrete recombinant
antibodies of the
invention of constant specificity and can be activated from deep-frozen
cultures by
thawing and recloning.
The transformed host cells are cultured by methods known in the art in a
liquid medium
containing assimilab.le sources of carbon, e.g. carbohydrates such as glucose
or lactose,
nitrogen, e.g. amino acids, peptides, proteins or their degradation products
such as
peptones, ammonium salts or the like, and inorganic salts, e.g. sulfates,
phosphates and/or
carbonates of sodium, potassium, magnesium and calcium. The medium furthermore
contains, for example, growth-promoting substances, such as trace elements,
for example
iron, zinc, manganese and the like.
The medium is preferably so chosen as to exert a selection pressure and
prevent the
growth of cells which have not been transformed or have lost the hybrid
vector. Thus, for
example, an antibiotic is added to the medium if the hybrid vector contains an
antibiotic
resistance gene as marker. If, for instance, a host cell is used which is
auxotrophic in an
essential amino acid whereas the hybrid vector contains a gene coding for an
enzyme
which complements the host defect, a minimal medium deficient of said amino
acid is
used to culture the transformed cells.
Cells of higher eucaryotic origin such as mammalian cells are grown under
tissue culture
conditions using commercially available media, far example Dulbecco's modified
Eagle
medium (DMEM), minimum essential medium, RPMI 1640 medium and the like as
mentioned above, optionally supplemented with growth-promoting substances
and/or
mammalian sera. Techniques for cell cultivation under tissue culture condition
are well
known in the art and include homogeneous suspension culture, e.g. in an
airlift reactor or
in a continuous stirrer reactor, or immobilized or entrapped cell culture,
e.g. in hollow
fibres, microcapsules, on agarose microbeads, porous glass beads, ceramic
cartridges, or
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other microcarriers.
Culturing is effected by processes which are known in the art. The culture
conditions, such
as temperature, pI-I value of the medium and fermentation time, are chosen so
that a
maximum titer of the polypeptide or derivative of the invention is obtained.
Thus, an E.
colt or yeast strain is preferably cultured under aerobic conditions by
submerged culture
with shaking or stirring at a temperature of about 20°C to 40°C,
preferably at about 30°C,
and a pH value of 4 to 8, preferably of about pH 7, for about 4 to 30 hours,
preferably until
maximum yields of the polypeptide or derivative of the invention are reached.
When the cell density has reached a sufficient value, the culture is
interrupted and the
polypeptide or derivative can be isolated. If the hybrid vector contains a
suitable secretion
signal sequence, the polypeptide or derivative is secreted by the transformed
cell directly
into the culture medium. Otherwise, the cells have to be destroyed, for
example by
treatment with a detergent such as SDS, NP-40TH', TritonTM or deoxycholic
acid, lysed
with lysozyme or a similarly acting enzyme, or disrupted by an osmotic shock
or
ultra-sound. Break-up of the cells will also be required if the signal
sequence directs the
secretion of the desired protein into the cell periplasm. If yeast is used as
a host
microorganism, the cell wall may be removed by enzymatic digestion with a
glucosidase.
Alternatively or additionally, mechanical forces, such as shearing forces
(e.g. French
press, Dyno mill and the like) or shaking with glass beads or aluminium oxide,
or
alternating freezing, for example in liquid nitrogen, and thawing, for example
at 30°C to
40°C, as well as ultra-sound can be used to break the cells.
The cell supernatant or the solution obtained after centrifugation of the
mixture obtained
after breaking the cells, which contains proteins, nucleic acids and other
cell constituents,
is enriched in proteins, including the polypeptides of the invention, in a
manner which is
known yer se. Thus, fox example, most of the non-protein constituents are
removed by
polyethyleneimine treatment and the proteins including the polypeptides and
derivatives
of the invention are precipitated, for example, by saturation of the solution
with
ammonium sulfate or with other salts. Otherwise, the cell supernatant or
lysate is directly
pre-purified by filtering through suitable membranes and/or with
chromatographic
methods, for example affinity chromatography.
The recombinant antibodies and the monoclonal antibodies according to the
invention can
be used for the qualitative and quantitative determination of the
extracellular domain of
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the growth factor receptor c-erbB-2. This is especially useful for the
monitoring of tumor
progression, for the decision whether a tumor is amenable to treatment with
the
recombinant or monoclonal antibodies of the invention, and for monitoring the
treatment
of tumor with chemotherapy. Tumors considered are those over-expressing c-erbB-
2, for
example breast and ovarian tumors:
In general, the monoclonal and the recombinant antibodies according to the
invention can
be used in any of the known immunoassays which rely on the binding interaction
between
the antibodies and the antigen, i.e. the extracellular domain of the c-erbB-2
protein.
Examples of such assays are radio-, enzyme, fluorescence, chemiluminescence,
immunopxecipitation, latex agglutination, and hemagglutination immunoassays,
and, in
particular, immunostaining methods.
The antibodies according to the invention can be, used as such or in the form
of
enzyme-conjugated derivatives in an enzyme immunoassay. Any of the known
modifications of an enzyme immunoassay can be used, for example soluble phase
(homogeneous) enzyme immunoassay, solid phase (heterogeneous) enzyme
immunoassay,
single enzyme immunoassay or double (sandwich) enzyme immunoassay with direct
or
indirect (competitive) determination of the c-erbB-2 protein.
An example of such an enzyme immunoassay is a sandwich enzyme immunoassay in
which a suitable carrier, for example the plastic surface of a microtiter
plate or of a test
tube, e.g. of polystyrene, polypropylene or polyvinylchloride, glass or
plastic beads, filter
paper, dextran etc. cellulose acetate or nitrocellulose sheets, magnetic
particles or the like,
is coated with a monoclonal antibody of the invention by simple adsorption or
optionally
after activation of the carrier, for example with glutaraldehyde or cyanogen
bromide.
Then test solutions containing the soluble c-erbB-2 protein and finally single-
chain
recombinant antibodies of the invention comprising a detectable enzyme, e.g.
alkaline
phosphatase, are added. The amount of the soluble c-erbB-2 protein in the test
solution is
directly proportional to the amount of bound recombinant antibody and is
determined by
adding an enzyme substrate solution. The enzyme substrate reaction results,
for example,
in a color change which can be observed by eye or with optical measuring
devices.
The antibodies according to the invention can be used as such or in the form
of
radioactively labelled derivatives in a radioimmunoassay (RIA). As described
above for
enzyme immunoassays, any of the known modifications of a xadioimmunoassay can
be
o_
used.
The tests are carried out in an analogaus manner to the enzyme immunoassays
described
above using a radioactive label, e.g. r2~1, instead of an enzyme label. The
amount of
immune complex formed which corresponds to the amount of c-erbB-2 protein
present in
the test solutions is determined by measuring the radioactivity of the immune
complex.
For immunostaining cryosections of cryopxeserved biopsy material or paraffin
embedded
tissue sections are treated with a solution containing a recombinant antibody
of the
invention comprising a detectable enzyme. Bound recombinant antibody is
detected by
treatment with a suitable enzyme substrate, preferably an enzyme substrate
which leads to
a solid deposit (stain) at the site of the recombinant antibody of the
invention. In place of
recombinant antibodies comprising an enzyme, a recombinant antibody comprising
streptavidin and a solution of a biotin-enzyme-conjugate may be used, which
leads to
higher enzyme concentration at the site of the antibody and hence increased
sensitivity of
the immunostaining method. The solid deposit of the enzyme substrate is
detected by
inspection with a microscope, for example with a fluorescence microscope, or
by scanning
the optical density at the wavelength of the stain.
The use according to the invention of recombinant and/or monoclonal antibodies
as
described hereinbefore for the determination of c-erbB-2 protein also includes
other
immunoassays known her se, for example immunofluorescence assays, latex
agglutination
with antibody-coated or antigen coated latex particles, hemagglutination with
antibody-
coated or antigen-coated red blood corpuscles, evanescent light assays using
an
antibody-coated optical fibre and other direct-acting imrnunosensors which
convert the
binding event into an elect.~ica1 or optical signal, or the like.
The invention also concerns test kits for the qualitative and quantitative
determination of
c-erbB-2 protein comprising recombinant antibodies of the invention and/or
monoclonal
antibodies of the invention and, optionally, adjuncts.
Test kits according to the invention fur an enzyme immunoassay contain, for
example, a
suitable carrier, optionally freeze-dried solutions of a monoclonal antibody,
optionally
freeze-dried or concentrated solutions of a recambinant antibody comprising an
enzyme or
streptavidin, solutions of an enzyme-biotin conjugate if a recombinant
antibody
comprising streptavidin is used, enzyme substrate in solid or dissolved farm,
standard
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solutions of c-erbB-2 protein, buffer solutions, and, optionally, polypeptides
or detergents
for preventing non-specific adsorption and aggregate formation, pipettes,
reaction vessels,
calibration curves, instruction manuals and the like.
'Test kits according to the invention for immunostaining contain, for example,
optionally
freeze-deed or concentrated solutions of a recombinant antibody comprising an
enzyme or
streptavidin, solutions of an enzyme-biotin conjugate if a recombinant
antibody
comprising streptavidin is used, enzyme substrate in solid or dissolved form,
buffer
solutions, and, optionally, pipettes, reaction vessels, calibration curves,
instruction
manuals and the like.
The recombinant and monoclonal antibodies of the invention can be used for the
qualitative and quantitative determination of c-erbB-2 protein. Due to the
fact that the
growth factor receptor c-erbB-2 is overexpressed in certain tumor types, for
example
breast and ovarian tumors, the antibodies are particularly well suited for
detection and
monitoring of the mentioned tumors. In addition, radiolabelled derivatives of
the
antibodies of the invention may be used for the in vivo localization of tumors
in a patient
using radioscanning techniques. To that end, radiolabelled derivatives of
antibodies of the
invention are injected into the patient, and the patient scanned with a gamma
imager at
regular intervals. Cells aver-expressing the growth factor receptor c-erbB-2
will take up
more radioactive antibodies than other tissue and will be clearly recognized
by the gamma
imaging camera. Preferentially recombinant or monoclonal antibodies labelled
with 1311
or with 99mTc are used for radioscanning in amounts of 3 to 8 pg representing
15 to 30 p.Ci
per kg body weight.
The antibodies of the invention can further be used for the isolation and
purification of the
c-erbB-2 protein from natural sources or from transformed host cells by
immunoaffinity
chromatography.
Furthermore, the monoclonal antibodies and the recombinant antibodies of the
invention,
in particular recombinant antibodies comprising an effector molecule,
especially a toxin,
in particular Pseudomonas exotoxin, are useful for the treatment of patients
with tumors
over-expressing the growth factor receptor c-erbB-2, for example breast or
ovarian tumors:
If it is desired, tumor therapy may comprise applying more than one, e.g. two
different,
antibodies of the invention, for example applying both FRP5 and FWP51. The
recombinant antibodies comprising a phosphatase may be used in connection with
a
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phosphorylated prodrug such as mitomycin phosphate or etoposide phosphate,
thus
enabling the conversion of the active drug to the prodrug at the site of the
tumor.
The invention therefore also concerns pharmaceutical compositions for treating
tumors
over-expressing the growth factor receptor c-erbB-2 comprising a
therapeutically effective
amount o.f a recombinant antibody or of a monoclonal antibody according to the
invention
and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. Preferred are pharmaceutical
compositions for
parenteral application. Compositions for intramuscular, subcutaneous or
intravenous
application are e.g. isotonic adueous solutions or suspensions, optionally
prepared shortly
before use from lyophilized or concentrated preparations. Suspensions in oil
contain as
oily component the vegetable, synthetic or semi-synthetic oils customary for
injection
purposes. The pharmaceutical compositions may be sterilized and contain
adjuncts, e.g.
for conserving, stabilizing, wetting, emulsifying or solubilizing the
ingredients, salts for
the regulation of the osmotic pressure, buffer and/or compounds regulating the
viscosity,
e.g. sodium carboxycellulose, carboxymethylcellulose, sodium
carboxymethylcellulose,
dextran, polyvinylpyrrolidine or gelatine.
The pharmaceutical compositions of the invention contain from approximately
0.01% to
approximately 50°~0 of active ingredients. They may be in dosage unit
form, such as
ready-to-use ampoules or vials, or also in lyophylized solid form.
In general, the therapeutically effective dose for mammals is between
approximately 5 and
25 pg of a recombinant antibody of the invention or of a monoclonal antibody
of the
invention per kg body weight depending on the type of antibody, the status of
the patient
and the mode of application. The specific mode of administration and the
appropriate
dosage will be selected by the attending physician taking into account the
particulars of
the patient, the state of the disease, the type of tumor treated, and the
like. The
pharmaceutical compositions of the invention are prepared by methods known in
the art,
e.g. by conventional mixing, dissolving, confectioning or lyophilizing
processes.
Pharmaceutical compositions for injection are processed, filled into ampoules
or vials, and
sealed under aseptic conditions according to methods known in the art.
The invention particularly concerns the monoclonal antibodies, the hybridoma
cell lines,
the recombinant single-chain antibodies, the recombinant DNAs, the transformed
host
cells, and the methods for the preparation thereof as described in the
Examples. The
following examples illustrate the invention but do not limit it to any extent.
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Abbreviations
ATP adenosine triphosphate
BSS Earle's balanced salt solution
BSA bovine serum albumin
DEAE diethylaminoethyl
DMEM Dulbecco's modified Eagle's medium
dNTP deoxynucleotide triphosphate
DTT dithiothreitol
EDTA disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate
EGF epidermal growth factor
EGTA ethyleneglycol-bis-((3-aminoethyl ether)-N,N,N',N'-tetxaacetic
acid
FCS fetal calf serum
H.AT mediumhypoxanthine, aminopterin and thymidine
medium
HEPES N-2-hydroxyethylpiperazine-N'-2-ethanesulfonic
acid
HT medium hypoxanthine and thymidine medium
Ig immunoglobulin
IPTG isopropyl-~3-thiogalactoside
MAb monoclonal antibody
PBS phosphate-buffered saline
PCR polymerase chain reaction
PMSF phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride
SDS-PAGE sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel
electrophoresis
Tris Tris-(hydroxymethyl)-aminomethane
U unit
VL light chain variable domain
VH heavy chain variable domain
XP 5-bromo-4-chloro-3-indolyl phosphate p-toluidine
salt
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Examples
Example 1. Preparation of hybridoma cell lines FRPS, FSP1G~ FWPS1 and FSP77
1, l Source of antigen and immunization of Balb/c mice: The SKBR3 human breast
tumor cell line (ATCC 1-1TB 30)> isolated in 1970 from a pleural effusion of a
breast
cancer patient, expresses approximately 1 x 106 molecules of the c-erbB-2
receptor protein
per cell. 20 x 106 SKBR3 cells in PBS are injected subcutaneously and/or intra-
peritoneally into Balb/c mice. The cells are mixed 1:1 (v/v) with complete
Freund's
adjuvant. The injections are repeated a total of five times over the period of
approximately 3 months replacing Freund's incomplete adjuvant for complete
adjuvant.
The final injection of cells is given three days before the fusion.
1.2 Cell fusion: Immunized mice are sacrificed and their splenocytes fused
according to
conventional methods (Koehler & Milstein, Nature 256: 495, 1976). Spleen cells
are
mixed at a 5:1 to 10:1 ratio with the fusion partner, the mouse myeloma cell
line PAI
(Stoker et al., Research Disclosure #21713, 1982), in the presence of 41 ~/o
polyethylene
glycol 4000 (Merck). Fused cells are plated at a density of 1 x 10~ cells per
well in
24-well microtiter plates on peritoneal macrophages and fed 3 times per week
with
standard HAT selection medium for 2 weeks followed by 2 weeks of HT medium.
When
the growth of hybridoma cells becomes visible, the supernatants are screened
as described
in Example 1.3. Positive hybridomas are cloned and stored.
1.3 Antibody detection in hybridoma supernatants: Culture fluids of growing
hybridomas
are tested for tree presence of anti-c-erbB-2 antibody using a protocol
involving two steps,
immunofluorescence and immunoprecipitation.
1.3.1 Immunofluarescence: In the first step, hybridoma supernatants are tested
for their
immunofluorescent staining of mouse culls expressing high levels of the human
c-erbB-2
protein. To isolate these cells the HC11 mouse mammary epithelial cell line
(Ball et al.,
EMBO J. 7: 2089, 1988) is transfected according to conventional, previously
described
methods (Graham & van der Eb, Virology 52: 456, 1973) with a plasmid
expressing the
human c-erbB-2 protein (Masuko et al., Jpn. Cancer Res. 80: 10, 1989) and with
the
plasmid pSV2neo (Southern & Berg, J. Mol. Appl. Genet. 1: 327, 1982) which
encodes
the gene for resistance to the drug 6418. Transfected cells are selected 2
weeks i~
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medium containing 200 pg/ml 6418 (Geneticin, Gibco-BRL). Individual clones are
selected and analyzed for expression of the human c-erbB-2 protein using
conventional
protein blotting techniques (Towbin et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 76:
4350, 1979). A
clone expressing high levels of the human c-erb.B-2 protein (clone R1#11) is
selected and
used in the immunofluorescent assay. Non-transfected I-IC11 cells serve as
control cells.
The assay is done in the following manner: The cells (R1#11 or I-IC11) are
grown in
RPMI medium containing 8 % heat inactivated FCS (Amimed), 10 ng/ml EGF
(Inotech)
and 5 p.g/rnl insulin (Sigma) for 1 -2 days on fibronectin (Boehringer
.Mannheim) coated
cover slips. Fibronectin coated cover slips are prepared and stored at room
temperature
and they are used routinely for screening. The coverslips are rinsed in PBS
containing
calcium and magnesium and fixed by treatment for 10 min with 3.7 °~o
formaldehyde (vlv
in PBS). To reduce the non-specific binding the coverslips are incubated 20
min in PBS
containing 3 % BSA (Sigma). The coverslips are washed in PBS and in water,
then
allowed to dry at room temperature. 20 - 30 p1 of hybridoma supernatants are
added to
circled areas on a coverslip which is incubated 1 - 2 h at room temperature in
a humified
atmosphere. The coverslips are then washed three times with PBS conr<aining
0.05 %
Triton-X100TM (Fluka) and incubated an additional hour with anti-mouse Ig,
fluorescein-
linked whole antibody from sheep (Amersham). After three washes with PBS and
one
wash with water the cells are screened for fluorescence using a fluorescence
microscope
and a water immersion lens. Those hybridoma supernatants which are positive
are
screened in the second step described in Example 1.3.2.
1.3.2 Immunoprecipitation and protein blotting_analysis: The SKBR3 human
breast
tumor cells express approximately 1 x 106 molecules of the c-erbB-2 protein
per cell. A
cell lysate is prepared by extracting approximately 4 x 106 cells in 1 ml of
buffer
containing 1 % Triton-X100T'" (Fluka), 50 mM Tris-HCI, pH 7.5, 5 mM EGTA, 0.15
M
NaCl, 1 mM PMSF (Boehringer Mannheim), 80 pg/ml aprotinin (Boehringer
Mannheim),
50 p.g/ml leupeptin (Boehringer Mannheim), and 4 pg/ml pepstatin (Boehringer
Mannheim). 200 -500 p1 supernatant of hybridomas which axe positive in the
immunofluorescence assay described in Example 1.3.1 are incubated with 100 p1
of the
SKBR3 extract (2.5 - 4.0 mg/ml). This amount of extract contains approximately
50 -
100 ng of c-erbB-2 protein. The hybridoma supernatants and SKBR3 extract are
incubated overnight on ice, then 1 p1 of the IgG fraction of sheep anti-mouse
Ig (ICN
Immunobiologicals) is added. The complexes are collected by the addition of
Protein-A
SepharaseTM (Pharmacia), washed with TNET (140 mM NaCl, 50 mM Tris-HCI, pH
7.5,
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mM EDTA, 1 % Triton X-100T"') and water, boiled in sample buffer (80 mM Tris-
HCI,
pH 6.8, 0.2 % SDS, 10 °1o glycerol) and the supernatants loaded onto 8
% SDS-PAGE.
The proteins are electrophoresed and blotted onto PVDF membranes (Millipore)
using a
technique originally described by Towbin et al. (Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA
76; 4350,
1979) with some modifications. The proteins are transferred using a semi-dry
blotter (G.
Frobel, Model 1004.01) following the instructians of the manufacturer. The
membranes
are blocked in PBS containing 0.5 % gelatin (Merck) for 1 h at 37°C.
The membranes are
washed twice for 5 min at 37°C in PTG (PBS containing 0.02 °1o
gelatin (Merck) and
0.25 % Triton-X100T'" (Fluka)). The c-erbB-2 protein is detected by incubating
the
membrane 45 min at 37°C in PTG containing an antiserum which is raised
against the
carboxy terminal 13 amino acids of the c-erbB-2 protein (Gullick et al., Int.
J. Cancer 40:
246, 1987, antiserum 21N). The membranes are washed 3 times for 5 min at
37°C in
PTG. The membrane-bound 21N antiserum is detected by incubating the membrane
in
PTG containing 0.1 pC/ml lzsl_labeled protein-A (Amersham). The membranes are
washed 4 times for S min at 37°C in PTG and exposed to X-ray film. The
hybridomas
whose supernatants are able to specifically immunoprecipitate the c-erbB-2
protein are
grown for single cell cloning and further characterization described below.
Example 2. Characterization of c-erbB-2 specific MAbs
2.1 Hybridoma storage and processing: Hybridoma FRPS, FSP16, FWP51 and FSP7?
secreting anti-c-erbB-2 MAb FRPS, FSP16, FWPS1 and FSP77, respectively, can be
grown in culture, frozen at -80°C or in liquid nitrogen and
recultivated. The cells are
cloned by the method of limiting dilution and have been deposited with the
European
Collection of Animal Cell Lines in England. The hybridoma cell lines have the
following
access numbers: FRPS: 90112115, FSP16: 90112116, FSP77: 90112117, FWP51:
90112118. The cells are expanded by forming ascites in Balb/c mice primed with
pristane. The antibodies are purified from the ascites by ammonium sulfate
precipitation
and ion exchange chromatography on DE 52 DEAF-cellulose calumns (Whatman).
Purified MAbs are stored in PBS at -80°C.
2.2 Isotvpino of the MAbs: The isotype of the MAbs FRPS, FSPl6, FWP51 and
FSP77 is
determined by ELISA analysis with rabbit antisera to manse Ig classes and sub-
classes
(Biorad Mouse Typer TMSub Isotyping KitTM) as per manufacturer's suggested
procedure.
MAbs FRPS, FWPSl, and FSP77 are of the IgGI isatype, while FSP16 is of the
IgG2b
isotype. The light chains of all the MAbs are of the kappa type.
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2.3 Flow cytometry: A FACS analysis using the c-erbB-2 specific MAbs is
carried out as
follows: SKBR3 human breast tumor cells are trypsinized, washed in FACS medium
(BSS containing 10 pM sodium azide, 4 % FCS and 25 mM EDTA), and 1 x 106 cells
are
resuspended in 100 p1 of FAGS medium. Non-specific binding sites are blocked
by
incubating the cells 10 min at room temperature with 5 p.l of goat serum. The
SKBR3 cells
are collected by centrifugation, resuspended in 50 p1 of a .1:2 dilution of
the supernatant
made in FACE medium and incubated 45 ruin on ice. The cells are washed with 4
ml
FACS medium, collected by centrifugation, resuspended in 50 p.1 of FACS medium
containing a 1:20 dilution of anti-mouse Ig, fluorescein-linked whole antibody
from sheep
(Amersham), and incubated for 30 min on ice. 4 ml of FACS medium are added,
the cells
are collected by centrifugation, resuspended in 100 p1 of FAGS medium and
analyzed
without fixation for their fluorescence in a Becton-Dickinson FACScanT'~'. As
a control,
SKBR3 cells are incubated with a non-reacting IgGI MAb (1236531-3). The FAGS
analysis shows that the SKBR3 cells treated with MAb FRPS, FSP16, FWP51, and
FSP77
have a higher fluorescence than cells treated with the control MAb. These
results show
that the MAbs bind to the extracellular domain of the c-erbB-2 protein.
2.4 Binding domain of c-erbB-2 specific MAbs: MAbs FRPS and FSP77 are
covalently
linked with t2sl (as carrier free sodium t2siodide, Amersham) to a specific
activity of
1 pC/p.g using Iodogen (1,3,4,6-tetrachlora-3a,6a-diphenylglycouril, Sigma)
according to
a standard protocol (Antibodies: A Laboratory Manual, Cold Spring Harbor
Laboratory,
1988, p. 330). Competition experiments are conducted by incubating SKBR3 cells
(0.5 - 1
x lOs cells per 15 mm well, NunclonT'" 4-well multidish) with 250 p.1 RIA
buffer (120 mM
NaCl, 50 mM HEPES, pH 7.8, 1 mM EDTA, 2 % BSA) containing labeled FRPS or
FSP77 and varying amounts of unlabeled MAb FRPS, FSP16, FWP51 and FSP77 for 2
h
at 4°C. The cells are washed 5 times with the RIA buffer, solubilized
in 0.5 ml 1 °Jo Triton
X-100T'~', 10 % glycerol, 20 mM HEPES, pH 7.4, for 30 min at room temperature
and the
bound radioactivity is measured in a gamma counter. The results show that MAbs
FRP5
and FSP16 compete with each other for binding to SKBR3 cells which suggests
that these
2 MAbs bind to the same domain on the c-erbB-2 protein. MAbs FWP51 and FSP77
neither compete with each other nor with FRPS or FSP 16 for binding to the c-
erbB-2
protein. In conclusion, the panel of 4 MAbs bind to 3 different domains of the
extracellular portion of the c-erbB-2 membrane receptor tyrosine kinase.
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Example 3. Isolation of RNA from the hybridoma cell line FRPS
3.1 Growth of FRPS cells: FRPS hybridoma cells (1 x 10s) are grown in
suspension
culture at 37°C in DMEM (Seromed) further containing 10 °1o FCS
(Amimed), 1 mM
sodium pyruvate (Seromed), 2 mM glut<lmine (Seromed), SO uM 2-mercaptoethanol
and
100 p,g/ml of gentamycin (Seromed) in a humidified atmosphere of air and 7.5 %
C02 in
175 cm tissue culture flasks (Falcon 3028). The cells are harvested by
centrifugation,
washed once in PBS, flash frozen in liquid nitrogen and kept frozen as a
pellet at - 80°C in
a clean, sterile plastic capped tube.
3.2 Extraction of total cellular RNA from FRP5 cells: Total RNA is extracted
using the
acid guanidinium thiocyanate-phenol-chloroform method described by Chomczynski
&
Sacchi (Anal. Biochem. 162: 156, 1987). Cell pellets of FRPS cells (1 x 108)
are thawed
directly in the tube in the presence of 10 ml of denaturing solution (4 M
guanidinium
thiocyanate (Fluka), 25 mM sodium citrate, pH 7.0, 0.5 % N-lauroylsarcosine
(Sigma),
0.1 M 2-mercaptoethanol). The solution is homogenized at room temperature.
Sequentially, 1 ml of 2 M sodium acetate, pH 4, 10 ml of phenol (water
saturated) and 2
ml of chloroform-isoamyl alcohol mixture (49:1) are added to the homogenate.
The final
suspension is shaken vigorously for 10 sec and cooled on ice for 15 min. The
samples are
centrifuged at 10,000 x g for 20 min at 4°C. Aftex centrifugation, RNA
which is present in
the aqueous phase is mixed with 10 ml of isopropanol and placed at -
20°C for 1 h. The
RNA precipitate is collected by centrifugation, the pellet dissolved in 3 ml
water and the
RNA reprecipitated by addition of 1 volume of isopropanol at -20°C.
After centrifugation
and washing the pellet in ethanol, the final pellet of RNA is dissolved in
water. The
method yields approximately 300 pg of total cellular RNA. The final purified
material is
stored frozen at -20°C.
3.3 Isolation of nolv(A) containing RNA: Poly(A) containing RNA is selected
from total
RNA by chromatography on oligo(dT)-cellulose (Boehringer Mannheim) as
described
originally by Edmonds et al. (Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 68: 1336, 1971) and
modified by
Maniatis et al. (Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual, Cold Spring Harbor
Laboratory, 1982, p. 197). The poly(A)-containing RNA is prepared as described
in the
published procedure with the exception that the RNA is eluted from the
oligo(dT)-
cellulose with water rather than SDS-containing buffer. The poly(A)-containing
RNA is
precipitated with ethanol and collected by centrifugation. The yield of
poly(A)-containing
RNA is approximately 30 pg from 300 pg of total cellular RNA. The final
purified
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material is stored frozen at -20°C.
Example 4. Cloning of functional heavy and light chain rearrangements from the
FRPS
hybridoma cell line
Poly(A)-containing RNA isolated from FIZPS hybridorna cells as described in
Example 3.3
provides the source for cDNA synthesis and subsequent amplification of V-
region
minigenes. Amplification products of the expected size are purified from
agarose gels and
cloned into appropriate vectors. Functional rearrangements are identified by
sequencing.
4.1 OIiQOnucleotides:
MCK2 is designed to be complementary to a region in the murine immunoglobulin
x
(kappa) constant minigene.
5' - TCACTGGATGGTGGGAAGATGGA - 3'
MCHC2 is designed to be complementary to a region in the murine immunoglobulin
y1
constant minigene.
S' - AGATCCAGGGGCCAGTGGATAGA - 3'
The oligonucleotides VH1FOR, VH1BACK, VK1FOR, and VK1BACK are designed by
Orlandi et al. (Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 86: 3833, 1989) to match consensus
sequences.
VH1FOR: 5' - TGAGGAGACGGTGACCGTGGTCCCTTGGCCCCAG - 3'
VH1BACK: S' - AGGT(C/G)(C/A)A(G/A)CTGCAG(G/C)AGTC(T/A)GG - 3'
VK1FOR: 5' - GTTAGATCTCCAGCTTGGT(C/G)C(C/G) - 3'
VK1BACK: S' - GACATTCAGCTGACCCAGTCTCCA - 3'
4.2 cDNA synthesis: 55 ng of poly(A)-containing RNA is dissolved in a buffer
containing 50 mM Tris-HCI, pH 8.3, 3 mM magne.sium chloride, 10 mM DTT, 75 mM
KCI, 400 p.M dNTPs (N = G, A, T and C), 100 p.g BSA (molecular biology grade,
Boehringer Mannheim), 100 U RNAse inhibitor (Boehringer Mannheim), 25 pmol
MCK2
and 25 pmol MCHC2. The RNA is denatured at 70°C for 5 min and then
chilled on ice
for 2 min. After addition of 200 U of MMLV reverse transcriptase (Gibco, BRL)
cDNA
synthesis is achieved by incubation for 1 h at 37°C.
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4.3 Polymexase chain reaction: One tenth of the cDNA reaction is used for DNA
amplification in buffer containing 10 mM Tris-HCI, pH 8.3, 1.5 mM MgCl2, 50 mM
KCI,
mM ~i-mercaptoethanol, 200 p.M dNTPs (N= G, A, T and C), 0.05 % Tween-20TM
(Merck), 0.05 % NP-40'''"' (Merck), 10 % DMSO (Merck), 25 pmol oligonucleotidc
1 (see
below), 25 pmol oligonuclcotide 2 (see below) and 2.5 U Amplitaq'''"' DNA
polymerise
(Perkin Elmer Cetus). Taq polymerise is added after initial denaturation at
93°C for 1
min and subsequent annealing at 37°C. In the first 4 cycles primer
extension is performed
at 71°C for 0.2 min, denaturation at 93°C for 0.01 min and
annealing at 37°C for 0.2 min.
For the last 25 cycles the annealing temperature is raised to 62°C.
Finally, amplification
is completed by a 3 min primer extension step at 71°C.
PCR Productoligonucleotide oligonucleotide
1 2
HC MCHC2 VH1BACK
H VH1FOR VH1BACK
LC MCK2 VK1BACK
L VK1FOR VK1BACK
4.4 Modification and purification: Amplified material is extracted with CHC13
and
precipitated with ethanol in the presence of 200 mM LiCI. To facilitate
cloning, blunt
ends are created by a 3 min treatment with 1 U T4 DNA polymerise (Boehringer
Mannheim) in 66 mM Tris-acetate, pH 7.9, 132 mM potassium acetate, 20 mM
magnesium acetate, 1 mM DTT, 200 pg/ml BSA (molecular biology grade,
Boehringer
Mannheim), and 4001tM dNTPs (N = G, A, T and C). The polymerise is inactivated
by
heating for 15 min at 65°C before phosphorylation of the DNA with 10 U
T4
polynucleotide kinase (Pharmacia) at 37°C for, l h. For this purpose
the buffer is adjusted
to 50 mM EDTA and 1 mM ATP. The modified amplification products are separated
on a
1.2 % (w/v) agarose gel (ultra pure DNA grade agarose, Biorad) and DNA of the
expected
size is eluted by means of DEAE NA 45 membranes (Schleicher & Schuell)
4.S Li ation: BluescriptT"' KS+ (70 ng) linearized with XbaI, treated with
Klenow DNA
polymerise (Boehringer Mannheim) to give blunt ends and dephosphorylated with
calf
intestinal phosphatase, and 30 ng of purified amplification product axe
ligated using 0.5 U
T4 DNA ligase (New England Biolabs) in SO mM Tris-HCI, pH 7.8, 10 mM magnesium
chloride, 10 mM DTT, and 0.8 mM ATP overnight at 16°C. One half of the
ligation
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mixture is used to transform E. coli K803 to obtain ampicillin resistant
colonies. These
are screened for the desired ligation products using a NaOH based plasmid
"miniprep"
method (Maniatis et al., Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual, Cold Spring
Harbor
Laboratory, :1982). The following plasmids are obtained:
PCR product Plasmid clones
I-IC pMZIS/1
pMZ 15/2
H pMZl6/1
pMZ 16/2
L pMZ 17/ 1
pMZ 17/2
LC pMZl8/1
pMZ 18/2
4.6 Sequencing: Sequencing is done using SequenaseT"' kits (United States
Biochemicals) with T3 and T7 oligonucleotide primers according to procedures
provided
by the manufacturer.
Plasmid pMZl7/1 contains a non-functional rearrangement. Plasmid pMZl7/2
contains
an Ig-unrelated sequence. Plasmids pMZl8/1 (SEQ ID N0:2) and pMZl8/2 contain
identical functional FRPS kappa light chain variable domain inserts. Plasmids
pMZl6/1
(SEQ ID NO:1) and pMZl6/2 contain identical functional FRPS heavy chain
variable
domain inserts. Plasmids pMZlS/1 and pMZlS/2 also contain FRP5 heavy chain
variable
domain inserts together with some constant region DNA. Plasmids pMZl6/1 and
pMZlB/1 are used as a source for further subcloning steps.
Example 5. Construction of the MAb FRPS single-chain Fv gene
5.1 Construction and sequence of a cloning linker for the heavy and light
chain variable
domain cDNAs: Using oligonucleotides, a linker sequence which allows the
cloning of
PCR amplified mouse heavy chain variable domain cDNA as a PstIlBstEII fragment
and
of PCR amplified mouse kappa light chain variable domain cDNA as a PvuII/BgIII
fragment is constructed. This creates an open reading frame in which heavy and
light
chain variable domains are connected by a sequence coding for the 15 amino
acid stretch
Gly-Gly-Gly-Gly-Ser-Gly-Gly-Gly-Gly-Ser-Gly-Gly-Gly-Gly-Ser. This amino acid
linker
has been shown to allow correct folding of an antigen binding domain present
in heavy
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and light chain variable domains in a single-chain Fv (Huston et al., Proc.
Natl. Acad. Sci.
USA 85: 5879, 1988).
For the construction of the cloning linker the 6 complementary
oligonucleotides 1A, IB,
2A, 2B, 3A, 3B are used.
1A: 5'-CAAGCTTCTCAGGTACAACTGCAGGAGGTCACCG'TTTCCTCTGGCGG-3'
1B: 5'-GAAACGGTGACCTCCTGCAGTTGTACCTGAGAAGCTTGCATG-3'
2A: 5'-TGGCGGTTCTGGTGGCGGTGGCTCCGGCGGTGGCGGTTCTGAC-3'
2B: 5'-GCCACCGCCGGAGCCACCGCCACCAGAACCGCCACCGCCAGAG-3'
3A: 5'-ATCCAGCTGGAGATCTAGCTGATCAAAGCT-3'
3B: 5'-CTAGAGCTTTGATCAGCTAGATCTCCAGCTGGATGTCAGAACC-3'
40 pM of oligonucleotides 1B, 2A, 2B, 3A are phosphorylated at the 5' end
using T4
polynucleotide kinase (Boehringer Mannheim) in four separate reactions in a
total volume
of 20 p.1 following the method described by Maniatis et al. (Molecular
Cloning: A
Laboratory Manual, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 1982). Oligonucleotides 1A
and 3B
are not phosphorylated in order to avoid self ligation of the linker in the
final ligation
reaction. After the kinase reaction, the enzyme is inactivated by incubation
at 70°C for
30 min. In three separate reactions, each containing 40 pM of two
oligonucleotides in a
total volume of 40 ~.1, non-phosphorylated 1A and phosphorylated 1B,
phosphorylated 2A
and phosphorylated 2B, and phosphoxylated 3A and non-phosphorylated 3B are
mixed.
Hybridization of the oligonucleotides in the three reactions is carried out by
heating to ,
95°C for 5 min, incubation at 65°C for 5 min and slowly cooling
to room temperature.
p1 from each of the three reactions are mixed, 4 p1 of 10 x ligation buffer
(Boehringer)
and 4 units of T4 DNA lipase (Boehringer) are added and the total volume is
adjusted to
40 p1 with sterile water. The annealed pairs of oligonucleotides are ligated
into one linker
sequence for 16 h at 14°C. The reaction mixture is extracted with an
equal volume of
phenol/chlorofoxm (1:1) followed by re-extraction of the aqueous phase with an
equal
volume of chloroform/isoamylalcohol (24:1). The agueous phase is collected,
0.1 volumes of 3 M sodium acetate pI-I 4.8 and 2 volumes of ethanol are added,
and the
DNA is precipitated at -70°C for 4 h and collected by centrifugation.
The resulting linker
sequence has a SphI and a XbaI adaptor end. It is ligated to SphI and XbaI
digested
pUCl9 in a reaction containing 100 ng of ligated linker and 200 ng of
SphI/XbaI digested
pUCl9. After transformation into E. coli XL1 Blues' (Stratagene), plasmid DNA
from
4 independent colonies is isolated by the alkaline lysis mini-preparations
method
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(Maniatis et al., Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual, Cold Spring Harbor
Laboratory, 1982). The DNA sequence of the linker cloned in pUCl9 is
determined by
sequencing double stranded DNA in both directions with Sequenase II (United
States
Biochemicals) and pUC universal and reverse primers (Bochringer) following the
manufacturer's protocol. Three out of the four recombinant pUCl9 isolates
sequenced
contain the correct linker sequence. One of them is designated pWW 19 and used
in the
further eXpCi'ImentS. The sequence is shown in SEQ ID N0:3.
5.2 Preparation of a plasmid for the subclonin~ of variable domains: The Fv
cloning
linker sequence is derived as a 144 by HindIII/SacI fragment from pWWl9 and
inserted
into HindIII/Sacl digested Bluescripf''~' KS-h (ex PvuII) (Stratagene) which
contains no
PvuII restriction sites. The resulting plasmid, pWWlS, allows cloning of heavy
and light
chain variable domains as PstI/BstEII and PvuII/BgIII fragments, respectively.
5.2.1 Subclonina of the FRPS head chain variable domain: Plasmid pMZl6/1 is
digested with PstI and BstEII and the 338 by heavy chain variable domain
fragment of
FRP5 is isolated. It is cloned into PstI/BstEII digested pW W 19 yielding the
plasmid
pWW3l.
5.2.2 Mut<ztion of the FRPS light chain variable domain and assembly of the Fv
fusion
gene: To facilitate subcloning of the FRPS light chain variable domain into
the Fv cloning
linker, a PvuII restriction site and a BgIII restriction site are introduced
at the 5' and 3'
ends, respectively, of the coding xegion. The FRPS light chain variable domain
coding
region is isolated as a SacI/BamHI fragment from pMZl8/l. SacI and BamHI are
restriction sites of the BluescriptT~' polylinker present in pMZlB/1. 'the
fragment contains
the complete light chain variable domain fragment of 392 by amplified by PCR
using the
oligonucleotide MCK2 (see above). This fragment is mutated and amplified by
PCR
using the oligonucleotides
VL5': 5'-GACATTCAGCTGACCCAG-3' and
VL3': 5'-GCCCGTTAGATCTCCAATTTTGTCCCCGAG-3'
for the introduction of a PvuII restriction site at the 5' end (VL5') and a
BgIII restriction
site at the 3' end (VL3') of the kappa light chain variable domain DNA. 20 ng
of the
FRPS variable light chain Sacl/BamHI fragment are used as a template in a 100
p.1
reaction following the PCR conditions described in Example 4.3. The amplified
and
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mutated fragment is isolated after PvuII/BgIII digestion as a 3U9 by fragment
from a 1.5 %
agarose gel and cloned into PvuI1/BgIII digested pWWlS generating plasmid
pWW4l.
The FRPS kappa light chain variable domain is isolated as a BstEII/XbaI
fragment from
pWW41 and inserted into BstEII/XbaI digested pWW3l. Thus the FRP5 heavy chain
variable domain in pWW31 and the FRPS kappa light chain variable domain are
fused to
one open reading frame. Double stranded DNA of three independent clones is
sequenced
with Sequenase II1'h' kit (United Biochemicals) in both orientations using pUC
universal
and reverse primers (Baehringer) following the manufacturer's protocol. One of
the
plasmids carrying the FRP5 heavy chain variable domain fused to the mutated
FRPS light
chain variable domain is selected and designated pWW52. The sequence of the
HindIII/XbaI insert in plasmid pWW52 is shown in SEQ ID N0:4.
Example 6. Construction of a single-chain Fv-phosphatase fusion~ene expression
lasmid
The MAb FRPS single-chain Fv gene is fused to the bacterial alkaline
phosphatase. This
chimeric gene encodes a bifunctional molecule which retains binding activity
to the
c-erbB-2 protein and has enzymatic activity.
6.1 Mutation of the single-chain Fv(FRPS) gene: To allow gene fusion between
the
single-chain Fv(FRPS) encoding gene from pWW52 and the alkaline phosphatase
gene
phoA the stop codon at sequence position 729 to 731 in pWW52 (see Example
5.2.3) is
deleted as follows: Plasmid DNA of pWW52 is digested with BstEII and BgIII and
the
linker sequence and FRPS light chain variable domain encoding fragment is
isolated. In
another digestion, pWW52 is cleaved with BstEII and BcII. Thus, the large
fragment
containing vector sequences and the FRPS heavy chain variable domain encoding
sequence is isolated. The BstEII/BgIII VL fragment is now inserted into
BstEII/BcII
cleaved pWW52 containing Vti. In the resulting plasmid, pWW53, the BglII/BclI
junction is determined by sequencing double stranded DNA as described above.
Sequence of the BglII/BcII junction in pWW53 (position numbers correspond to
position
numbers of the HindII1/XbaI insert in plasmid pWW52, SEQ ID N0:4):
B ~III/BcII
ACA AAA TTG GAG ATC AAA GCT CTA GA
714 -728 I 738 - 748
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6.2 Mutation of the E.coli alkaline phosphatasc gene phoA: For the
construction of the
Fv(FRPS)-phoA fusion gene the E. coli alkaline phosphatase gene phoA is
mutated to
generate a XbaI cleavage site in the coding region of phoA near the N terminus
of the
mature protein and a SacI cleavage site in the 3' untranslated region of phoA.
This step
facilitates the cloning of the mutated fragment. A pBR322 derivative carrying
the
recombinant transposon TnPhoA (Manoil & Beckwith, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA
82:
8129, 1985) is linearized by BgIII cleavage. 20 ng of the linearized template
DNA is used
for a 100 ~l PCR reaction carried out as described previously using
oligonucleotides
PhoAS' and PhoA3' as primers 1 and 2.
PhoAS': 5'-CCCTCTAGAGCCTGTTCTGGAAAAC-3'
PhoA3' : 5'-CCCGAGCTCTGCCATTAAG-3'
Following XbaI/SacI digestion of the PCR products, a 1419 by fragment is
isolated from a
1.5 % agarose gel and inserted into XbaI/SacI digested plasmid pUCl9. Ligation
is
carried out as described above. Ligated DNA is transformed into E. coli XL1
BlueT"'
(Stratagene). Thus, the open reading frame of the mutated phoA gene is fused
in frame to
the lacZ open reading frame of pUCl9. To show that the mutated phoA gene
expresses
functional alkaline phosphatase, recombinant clones are plated onto LB agw
plates
containing 100 p.g/ml ampicillin, 0.5 mM IPTG (Sigma), and 40 pg/ml XP
(Boehringer).
Following induction of the lac promoter of pUCl9, a lacZ-phoA fusion protein
is
expressed. The phosphatase activity of this fusion protein converts the
indicator XP to a
blue dye. One of the blue colonies is isolated and the presence of the
introduced
restriction sites is confirmed by digestion of miniprep DNA with XbaI and
SacI. Partial 5'
and 3' DNA sequences of the mutated phoA gene are obtained by sequencing
double
stranded DNA as described above. The DNA sequences are included in the
assembly of
the final Fv(FRPS)-phoA fusion gene sequence shown in SEQ ID N0:5. The
isolated
plasmid is designated pWW61 and used for further subcloning steps.
6.3 Construction of a FRPS Fv-phoA expression plasmid: From plasmid pWW 19
(see
Example 5.1.2) the cloning linker sequence is isolated as a IIindIII/EcoRI
fragment and
inserted into HindIII/EcoRI digested plasmid pINIII-ompA-Hind (Render-Delrue
et al.,
Nucl. Acids Res. 16: 8726, 1988) leading to plasmid pWWl6.
From pWW61 (see Example 6.2) the mutated phoA gene is isolated as a XbaI/SacI
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fragment and inserted into XbaI/SacI digested pWW53. The resulting plasmid,
pWW615,
carries the Fv(FRPS) gene fused in frame to the mutated alkaline phosphatase
gene. The
Fv(FRPS)-phoA gene is isolated as a HindIII/SacI fragment from pWW615 and
inserted
into HindIII/SacI digested plasmid pWWl6. This leads to the production of the
Fv(FRPS)-phoA expression plasmid pWW616 (see below). All ligations are carried
out as
described above. Recombinant plasmids are transformed into E. coli XL1
BlueT'°'
(St~~atagene). The constructs are confirmed by restriction enzyme analysis of
plasmid
DNA isolated by an alkaline mini preparation method (Maniatis et al.,
Molecular Cloning:
A Laboratory Manual, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 1982).
In this construct the Fv single-chain antibody of FRPS, genetically fused to
the alkaline
phosphatase phoA, can be expressed in E. coli following induction with IPTG.
The
recombinant pxotein carries the E. coli outer membrane protein A (ompA) signal
sequence
at the N terminus (encoded by the pINIII-ompA-Hind vector) to facilitate
secretion of the
protein into the periplasmic space of E. coli expressor cells.
'The sequence of the Fv(FRPS)-phoA fusion gene in expression plasmid pWW616 is
shown in SEQ LD NO:S. Part of the phoA sequence is assembled from Chang et
al., Gene
44: 121, 1986.
Example 7. Expression of Fv(FRPS)-phoA in E. coli
Plasmid pWW616 is transformed into the phoA negative E. coli strain CC118
(Manoil &
Beckwith, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 82: 8129, 1985). A recombinant single
colony is
grown overnight in 50 ml LB medium containing 70 p.g/ml ampicillin. The
overnight
culture is diluted 1:10 in 500 ml fresh LB medium containing 70 p.g/ml
ampicillin and
grown at 37°C to an ODSSO of 0.1. IPTG is added to a final
concentration of 2 mM and
expression is induced for 1.S h at 37°C. The cells are harvested at
4°C by centrifugation at
4000 rpm for 25 min in a Beckman GPKR centrifuge. The supernantant of
CC118/pWW616 is set aside on ice for preparation of Fv(FRPS)-phoA, see Example
7.2.
7.1 Isolation of Fv(FRPS)-phoA from the periplasmic proteins of CCl 18/pWW616:
The
bacterial pellet is suspended in 10 ml TES buffer (0.2 M Tris-I-ICI, pH 8.0,
O.S mM
EDTA, 0.5 M sucrose) and kept on ice for 10 min. After centrifugation at
4°C for 10 ntin
at 5000 rpm in a Heraeus minifuge, the supernatant is discarded and the washed
pellet is
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suspended in 15 ml ice-cold TES, diluted (1:4) with water. The cells are kept
on ice for 30
min and recentrifuged as above. The supernatant containing periplasmic
proteins is
recentrifuged at 45,000 x g for 15 min in a Beckman TL100 ultracentrifuge. The
periplasmic extract is concentrated in an Amersham ultrafiltration unit
through a YM10
membrane to a final volume of 2 ml. Following fivefold dilutions with PBS and
reconcentration through the YM10 membrane five times, the 1:4 diluted TES
buffer of the
periplasnuc extract is exchanged with PBS. NaN3 and protease inhibitors are
added to the
pcriplasmic proteins (2 ml in PBS) to the final concentration of 0.02
°!o NaN3, 0.1 mM
PMSF, 2 Etg/ml aprotinin, 1 pg/ml leupeptin, and 1 pg/ml pepstatin. The
periplasmic
extract is stored at 4°C.
7.2 Isolation of Fv(FRPS)-phoA from the concentrated supernatant of E. coli
CC118/pWW616 cultures: The supernatant (SOOmI) of the induced E. coli cultuxe
CC118/pWW616 is filtered through a 0.45 pm membrane. The filtrate is
concentrated in
an Amicon ultrafiltration unit through a YM10 membrane to a final volume of 10
ml in
PBS as described above. NaN3 and protease inhibitors are added to the
concentrated
supernatant to the final concentrations indicated above. The concentration of
Fv(FRPS)-phoA in the extracts is determined by densitometry in comparison to
BSA
standards of coomassie stained 9 % SDS-PAGE gels.
Example 8. Activit oy f Fv(FRPS)-phoA
8.1 Detection of c-erbB-2 in SKBR3 breast tumor cells by imrnunastainin~ using
Fv(FRPS)-phoA: The Fv domain of Fv(FRPS)-phoA enables the molecule to bind to
the
extracellular domain of the c-erbB-2 protein. Bound Fv(FRPS)-phoA can be
visualized by
staining procedures using color substrates for the detection of alkaline
phosphatase
activity.
8.1.1 Fixation of cells: SKBR3 human breast tumor cells carrying about 1 x 106
c-erbB-2
receptors per cell are grown on fibronectin coated glass cover slips. The
cells are washed
twice with PBS and then fixed with PBS / 3.7 °I° formaldehyde at
room temperature for
30 min. The fixed cells are washed three times with PBS at room temperature.
Unspecific binding sites are blocked by incubating the cells for 1 h with PBS
/ 3 % BSA at
37°C in a humid incubator. The cells are then washed twice with PBS.
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8.1.2 Pretreatment of Fv(FRPS)-phoA: Alkaline phosphatase phoA from E. coli
must be
dimerized to be enzymatically active. In the periplasm of E. coli natural phoA
is
dimerized, i.e. two molecules of phoA are held together by two Zn2+ ions. The
Fv(FRPS)-phoA is also produced as a dimex in E. c~li. To increase binding of
Fv(FRPS)-phoA to the antigen, the dimers are monomerized by adding EGTA to the
solution. This step removes Znzv from the solution. Monomerized phosphatase
can be
re-dimerized by the addition of Zn2+. EGTA is added to a final concentration
of 5 mM to
200 p1 of 40 x concentrated supernatant or periplasmic proteins from
CC118/pWW616
(see above). The solution is incubated at 37°C for 1 h just before use
in the immunoassay.
8.1.3 Staining of cells: After blocking with PBS / 3 % BSA (see above) fixed
cells are
incubated for 1 h with pretreated Fv(FRPS)-phoA at a concentration of 1 pg/ml
at 37°C in
a humidified incubator. The cells are washed three times with PBS at room
temperature.
The staining solution consists of 300 p1 naphtol AS-MXTM phosphate (Sigma, 13
mg/ml in
dimethyl formamide)> 8 mg of levamisole (Sigma), and 10 mg of Fast Red TRTM
salt
(Sigma) added to 9.7 ml of 100 mM Tris-HCI, pH 8.2, 1 mM ZnCl2. This mixture
is
prepared and filtered through a 0.45 pm filter immediately before use. ZnCl2
is added to
the staining solution to allow re-dimerization of bound Fv(FRPS)-phoA and
thereby
activating the alkaline phosphatase. Cells are incubated in the Fast RedT"'
staining
solution for 15 min at zoom temperature. The phosphatase activity is blocked
after
staining by washing the cells twice with PBS and once with 1 M KHZPG4. Glass
cover
slips are mounted with gel mount (Biomeda). The cells are examined under a
fluorescence microscope using green light for excitation. Stained SKBR3 cells
show
intense red cell surface fluorescence.
8.2 Detection of c-erbB-2 protein over-ex~,pression in immunoblots using
Fv(FRPS)-phoA:
Proteins from total cell lysates of SKBR3 cells over-expressing c-erbB-2
protein are <
separated by SDS-PAGE and blotted onto PVDF membrane (Millipore). For
prepaa~ation
of extracts and immunoblotting technique see Example 1.3.2. Free binding sites
of the
membrane are blocked by incubation fox 1 h at room temperature in a solution
containing
mM Tris-HCl, pH 7.5, 0.9 % NaCI, 0.05 % Tween 20~~" (BioRad), and 3 % BSA.
Pretreated Fv(FRPS)-phoA (see Example 7.2.) is diluted in blocking solution to
a final
concentration of 0.1 pg/ml. The membrane is incubated in the Fv(FRPS)-phoA
solution
for 1 h at room temperature and then washed three times for 5 min at room
temperature in
10 mM Tris-HCl, pH 7.5, 0.9 % NaCI, 0.05 % Tween 20TM and once in 10 mM Tris-
HCl,
pH 7.5, 0.9 % NaCI. For detection of bound Fv(FRPS)-phoA the membrane is
incubated
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for 20 min at 37°C in the Fast RedT"' substrate solution described in
Example 7.3 without
levamisole. The reaction is stopped by washing the membrane twice in water.
Fv(FRPS)-phoA specifically detects the 18S kD c-erbB-2 protein.
Example 9. Expression and isolation of Fv(FRPS)-phoA from E. coli
9.1 Prcpyration of periplasmic extract: Plasmid pWWG.IG is transformed into
the phoA
negative E. coli strain CC118 according to standard procedures (Maniatis et
al., Molecular
Cloning: A Laboratory Manual, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 1982). A single
colony
is picked and grown overnight in LB medium containing 70 pg/ml ampicillin. The
overnight culture is diluted 1:10 in fresh LB medium containing ampicillin and
grown at
37°C to an ODsso of 0.1. At this paint expression of the Fv(FRPS)-phoA
gene is induced
by the addition of IPTG to a final concentration of 2 mM, and the cells are
grown for an
additional 1.S to 2 h. The cells are harvested by centrifugation and treated
with a mild
osmotic shock which releases the periplasmatic proteins into the supernatant.
'The
proteins are concentrated in an Amersham ultrafiltration unit through a YM10
membrane.
9.2 Preparation of an antigen affinity column: The c-erbB-2 protein is
isolated from
insect cells infected with a baculovirus vector expressing the c-erbB-2
extracellular
domain by standard methods (V.A. Luckow & M.D. Summers, Biotechnology 6: 47-
SS,
1988). MAb FSP77 is coupled to CNBR-activated Sepharose 4BTM (Pharmacia)
following
the instructions of the manufacturer. The insect cell lysates are incubated
with the
coupled MAb FSP77 in a buffer containing SO mM Tris-HCI, pH 7.5, S mM EGTA,
O.S
Triton X-100TH'', 1S0 mM NaCI for 2 h at 4°C on a shaking platform. The
beads are
packed into a column and washed with pre-elution buffer consisting of 10 mM
phosphate,
pII 6.8, and 100 mM NaCI to remove non-specifically bound proteins. The c-erbB-
2
protein is recovered from the column by treatment with a low pH elution buffer
containing
100 mM glycine, pH 3.0, and 100 mM NaCl. The fractions from the column are
collected
into phosphate buffer, pH 8.0, in order to .raise the pH. The c-erbB-2
extracellular domain
is detected by running a part of each fraction on 8 °l° SDS-PAGE
gel, blotting unto PVDF
membrane (Millipore) and treating the filtea~ with MAb FSP77 followed by sheep
anti-mouse IgG. Bound IgG is detected by tall-protein-A treatment. The
fractions
containing the extracellular domain are pooled and the protein is coupled to
CNBR-activated Sepharose 4BTM (Pharmacia) following the instructions of the
manufacturer.
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9.3 Isolation of Fv(FRPS)-phoA by affinity chromatography: The sepharose
coupled to
c-erbB-2 protein (Examle 9.2) is incubated for 2-4 h at 4°C on a
rocking platform with the
periplasmic extract isolated as described in Example 9.1. The beads are packed
into a
column and washed with pre-elution buffer as in Example 9.2. The Fv(FRPS)-phoA
protein is recovered by elution with the low pEI elution buffer of Example
9.2. The
fractions are monitored for the presence of the Fv(FRPS)-phoA by testing for
phoA
enzymatic activity using a standard protocol.
Example 10. Immunoassay for c-erbB-2 protein in tumors
10.1 Preparation of tumor sections: To determine the level of c-erbB-2 protein
in tumors,
tumor tissue is pretreated to give either frozen tumor sections or paraffin-
embedded tumor
sections. Tumor pieces are duick frozen, then cut with a cryostat, collected
onto 1
gelatin-coated glass slides, and fixed with 4 % paraformaldehyde. Following
several
washes with PBS, the tumor tissue sections are ready for staining.
Alternatively, tumor
pieces are placed in 4 °lo paraformaldehyde for fixation, embedded in
paraffin, then
sections cut and collected onto polylysine-coated glass cover slips. To
prepare the
sections for staining, they are heated overnight at 56°C, dewaxed in
xylene, stepwise
rehydrated by washing in 95 °lo, 70 °lo and 35 % ethanol and
water, and washed in PBS.
10.2 Pretreatment of Fv(FRPS)-phoA: Since the dimer of the Fv(FRPS)-phoA as
obtained from the E. coli periplasm does not bind optimally to the c-erbB-2
antigen, it is
first monomerized. This is accomplished by treating the solution of Fv(FRPS)-
phoA for
1 h at 37°C with EGTA at a final concentration of 5 mM. This treatment
chelates the Zn2+
ions which are important for maintaining the dimeric structure of Fv(FRPS)-
phoA.
10.3 Staining of the tumor sections: Non-specific staining of the tumor
sections prepared
according to Example 10.1 is blocked by incubating the sections in PBS
containing 3 0l0
BSA. The blocked sections are incubated for 1 - 2 h with pretreated Fv(FRPS)-
phoA
(Example 10.2) at a concentration of 1 pg/ml in a humidified chamber at room
temperature. The sections are washed three times with PBS at room temperature.
The
bound Fv(FRPS)-phoA protein is detected using Fast Red'''s' as a substrate for
the alkaline
phosphatase. The staining solution consists of 300 u1 naphthol AS-MX phosphate
(Sigma,
13 mg/ml in dimethylformamide), 8 mg of levamisole (an inhibitor of endogenous
alkaline
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phosphatase, Sigma), and 10 mg of Fast Red TRT"' salt (Sigma) added to 9.7 ml
of 100
mM Tris-HCI, pH &.2, and 1 mM ZnCl2. This mixture is prepared and filtered
through a
0.45 itm filter immediately before use. ZnCl2 is added to the staining
solution to allow
re-dimerization of the bound Fv(FRPS)-phoA protein and activation of the
alkaline
phosphatase. The tumor sections treated with Fv(FRPS)-phoA are incubated in
the Fast
RedT'" staining solution for 15 min at room temperature. After staining the
phosphatase
activity is blocked by WlShlIlg the cells twice with PBS and once with 1 M
KH2POa. The
glass cover slips are mounted with gel mount. The cells are examined under a
fluorescence microscope using green light for excitation. Positively stained
cells show an
intense red cell surface fluorescence.
Alternatively, the tumor sections treated with the Fv(FRPS)-phoA protein may
be stained
with naphthol AS-BI phosphate (Sigma) and New FuchsinT'~' (Sigma), or with
5-bromo-4-chloro-3-indolyl phosphate (BCIP, Sigma) and Nitro Blue
TetrazoliumT~'
(Sigma). The stained sections can then be viewd with a regular light
microscope.
Example 11. Cloning of functional heavy and light chain rearrarWements from
the FWP51
hybridoma cell line
Poly(A)-containing RNA isolated from FWP51 hybrxdoma calls as described in
Example
3.3 provides the source for cDNA synthesis and subsequent amplification of V-
region
minigenes. cDNA synthesis and amplification of FWP51 heavy and light chain
variable
domain cDNA by polymerase chain reaction is carried out as described in
Example 4.
Amplification products of the expected size are purified from agarose gels and
cloned into
appropriate vectors. Functional rearrangements are identified by sequencing.
11.1 Subclonin~ of FWP51 heavy and 1i ht chain variable domain cDNA: Material
amplified according to Example 4.3 is extracted with CI-ICl3 and precipitated
in the
presence of 200 mM LiCl. To facilitate cloning, the FWP51 heavy chain variable
domain
cDNA is cleaved with restriction enzymes PstI and BstEII, the fragment
purified by
agarose gel electrophoresis, and ligated to PstI and BstEIt digested pWW 15
DNA. The
FWP51 light chain variable domain cDNA is cleaved with restriction enzymes
PvuII and
BgIII, the fragment is purified by agarose gel electrophoresis, and ligated to
PvuII and
BgIII digested pWWlS DNA (cf. Example 5). Ligation, transformation, and
screening for
the desired ligation products are carried out as described in Example 4.5. The
following
plasmids are obtained:
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PCR product Plasmid clones
H pWW 15-VH51-1
pWW 15-VI-IS 1-2
pWW 15-VI-I51-3
L pWWlS-VL51-1
pWW 1S-VL51-2
pWW 1S-VL51-3
11.2 Sequencing: Sequencing is done as described in Example 4.6.
Plasmids pWW 15-VH51-1 (SEQ ID N0:6), pWW 15-VH51-2, pWW 15-VH51-3 contain
identical functional FWP51 heavy chain variable domain inserts. Plasmids
pWWlS-VL51-1 (SEQ ID NO:7), pWWlS-VL51-2, pWWl5-VL51-3 contain identical
functional FWP51 kappa light chain variable domain inserts. Plasmids pWW 15-
VH51-1
and pWWlS-VLS1-1 are used as a source for further subcloning steps.
Example 12. Construction of the MAb FWP51 single chain gene
12.1 Assembly of the Fv fusion gene: Plasmid pWW 15-VI-I51-1 is digested with.
PstI and
BstEII and the 342 by heavy chain variable domain fragment of FWP51 is
isolated. It is
cloned into PstI/BstEII digested pWWlS-VL-51-1 yielding the plasmid pWWlS-Fv51
(SEQ ID N0:8).
12.2 Mutation of the single-chain Fv(FWP51) gene: To allow gene fusion between
the
single-chain Fv(FWP51) encoding gene from pWW 15-Fv51 and effector genes the
stop
colon at sequence position 72~ to 731 in pWWFvlS-51 (SEQ ID N0:8) is deleted
as
follows (see also Example 6.1): plasmid DNA of pWW 15-Fv51 is digested with
BstEII
and BgIII and the linker sequence and FWP51 light chain variable domain
encoding
fragment is isolated. In another digestion, pW W 15-Fv51 is cleaved with
BstEII and BcII.
Thus, the large fragment containing vector sequences and the FWP51 heavy chain
variable
domain encoding sequence is isolated. The BstEII/BglII VL fragment is now
inserted into
BstEII/BcII cleaved pW W 15-Fv51 containing VH. The resulting plasmid
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pWWlS-Fv51-ORF is used as a source for the construction of Fv(FWP51)-effector
fusion
genes.
Example 13. Construction of single-chain Fv-exotoxin A fusion gene expression
plasmids
The MAb FRP5 and MAb FWP51 single-chain Fv genes are fused to a truncated
bacterial
toxin, exotoxin A (ETA) from Pseudomonas aeru~inosa. These chimeric genes
encode
recombinant immunotoxins which selectively inhibit protein synthesis in c-erbB-
2
expressing cells.
13.1 Mutation of the Exotoxin A gene of Pseudomonas aeru~inosa PAK: For the
construction of Fv-exotoxin A (Fv-ETA) fusion genes the ETA gene from
Pseudomonas
aeru inosa PAK is mutated to delete the original cell binding domain I at the
N-terminus
of the toxin and to generate a XbaI cleavage site at the former domain
I/domain II
boundary of the ETA coding region. Plasmid pMS150A (Lory et al., J. Bacteriol.
170:
714, 1988) is linearized by EcoRI cleavage. 20 ng of the linearized template
DNA is used
for a 100 p.1 PCR reaction carried out as described previously using the
following
oligonucleotides as primers 1 and 2.
1: 5'-CACGGAAGCTTAAGGAGATCTGCATGCTTCTAGAGGGCGGCA-
'GCCTGGCCGCGCTG-3'
2: 5'-GCGGATCGCTTCGCCCAGGT-3'
Following HindIII/SaII digestion of the PCR products, a 201 by fragment is
isolated from
a 1.5% agarose gel and inserted into HindIII/SaII digested plasmid pUCl8.
Ligation is
carried out as described above. Ligated DNA is transformed into E.coli XL1
BlueT'~'
(Stratagene). Two recombinant plasmids are isolated and the insert DNA is
sequenced as
described above using pUC universal and reverse primers (Boehringer). One
plasmid
containing the expected product is designated pWW22 (SEQ ID N0:9) and used as
a
source for further subcloning steps. Plasmid pWW22 is cleaved with HindIII and
Sall, the
mutated ETA gene fragment is isolated, and inserted into the large fragment of
HindIII/SaII digested plasmid pMS150A containing pUC9 vector sequences and
part of
the ETA gene coding for the C-terminal half of the toxin. Thereby in the
resulting plasmid
pWW20 a truncated ETA gene coding fox domains II and III of the toxin is
created.
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13.2 Assembly of single-chain Fv-ETA fusion genes: HindIII/XbaI single-chain
Fv gene
fragments suitable for the construction of Fv-ETA fusion genes are isolated
from plasmid
pWW53 (single-chain Fv FRPS), and plasmid pWWlS-Fv51-ORF (single-chain Fv
FWP51) and inserted into HindIII/XbaI digested pWW20. Ligation and
transformation
into E.coli XLl BlueT"' (Stratagene) are carried out as descxibed above. The
resulting
plasmids pWW20-Fv5 (Fv(FRPS)-ETA) and pWW20-Fv51 (Fv(FWP51)-ETA) are used
as a source for further suhcloning steps.
13.3 Construction of single-chain Fv-exotoxin A fusion gene expression
plasmids: For
the expression of single-chain Fv-exotoxin A fusion genes in E.coli the
expression
plasmid pFLAG-1 (IBI Biochemicals) is used. The fusion-genes are fused in
frame to the
outer membrane protein A (ompA) signal sequence encoded by pFLAG-1. Plasmid
DNA
from pWW20-Fv5 and pWW20-Fv51 is digested with HindIII and blunt ends are
created
by Klenow fill-in as described in Example 4.5. Blunt ended DNA is digested
with EcoRI
and single-chain Fv-ETA gene fragments are isolated (Fv(FRPS)-ETA: 1916 bp,
Fv(FWP51)-ETA: 1916 bp). pFLAG-1 plasmid DNA is digested with HindIII, blunt
ends
are created as described above, the resulting DNA fragment is isolated, and
digested with
EcoRI. Blunt-end/EcoRl Fv-ETA fusion gene fragments are inserted into the
modified
pFLAG-1 plasmid DNA. Thereby Fv-ETA fragments are fused in frame to the ompA
signal sequence of pFLAG-1 creating plasmids pWW215-5 for the expression of
Fv(FRPS)-ETA (SEQ ID NO:10) and pWW2I5-51 fox the expression of Fv(FWP51)-ETA
(SEQ ID N0:11).
Example 14. Expression and isolation of Fv(FRPS)-ETA and Fv(FWP51)-ETA from E.
coli
14.1 Preparation of total lysates: Plasmids pWW215-5 and pWW215-51 are
transformed
into the E.coli strain CC118 according to standard procedures (see Example
9.1). Single
colonies are picked and grown overnight in LB medium containing 100 pg/ml
ampicillin
and 0.4°lo glucose. The overnight cultures are diluted 1:30 in fresh LB
medium containing
ampicillin and glucose and grown at 37°C to an ODSSO of 0.5. At this
point expression of
the Fv(FRPS)-ETA and Fv(FWP51)-ETA genes is induced by the addition of IPTG to
a
final concentration of 0.5 mM, and the cells are grown for an additional 30
min. The cells
are harvested by centrifugation and lysed by sonication in PBS/ 1 rnM CaCl2.
The lysates
are cleared by ultracentrifugation at 25 000 g for 45 min at 4°C. The
supernatants are
collected.
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14.2 Isolation of Fv(FRPS)-ETA and FvLWP51)-ETA by affinity chromatography:
Cleared E.coli lysates containing the 66.4 kDa Fv(FRPS)-ETA or the 66.3 kDa
Fv(FWP51)-ETA protein are passed through a M1 monoclonal antibody affinity
column
(IBI Biochemicals). The column is washed three times with PBS/1 mM CaCl2.
Bound
Fv(FRPS)-ETA or Fv(FWP51)-ETA proteins are eluted with PBS/2 mM EDTA. The
fractions are monitored for the presence of Fv-ETA proteins by SDS-PAGE and
immunoblotting (see Example 1.3.2) using an anti-exotoxin A antiserum
developed in
rabbit.
Example 15. Selective inhibition o~rotein synthesis in c-erbB-2 expressin7
cells with
Fy(FRPS)-ETA and Fv(FWP51)-ETA
In vitro the recombinant immunotoxins Fv(FRPS)-ETA and Fv(FWPS1)-ETA
selectively
inhibit protein synthesis and growth of cells expressing high levels of the
human c-erbB-2
protein. The immunotoxins do not affect cells expressing no, or low levels of
human
c-erbB-2 protein.
15.1 Immunotoxin treatment of cell lines: Human breast and ovarian tumor cell
lines
SK-BR3, MDAMB-231, MDA-MB-453, HTB77, the mouse mammary epithelial cell line
HC11, and HC11 cells transfected with the human c-erbB-2 cDNA are plated on 48
well
tissue culture plates (Costar) at a density of 1055 cells/well. After 4 h the
medium is
removed and replaced by normal growth medium containing Fv(FRPS)-ETA or
Fv(FWP51)-ETA at various concentrations ranging from 1 to 1000 ng/ ml. The
cells are
incubated with toxin fusion proteins for 16 h.
15.2 3H-leucine labeling of cells: The immunotoxin-treated cells are washed
twice and
incubated in normal growth medium containing 4 pCi 3H-leucin/ ml for 4 h. The
labeled
cells are washed twice and 3H-leucine labeled total proteins are harvested by
TCA
precipitation onto Whatman GFC filters. The rate of protein synthesis in
immunotoxin-treated cells is determined in comparison to untreated control
cells.
Example 16: Fv(FRP5)-ETA and MAbs FWP51 and FSP77 inhibit the growth of
c-erbB-2 expressing cells in nude mice.
The administration of Fv(FRPS)-ETA and the MAbs FWP51 arid FSP77 to animals
2~~fl
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injected with c-erbB- 2 expressing cells inhibits the tumor growth of these
cells.
16.1 Nude mouse tumor model.: The NIH/3T3 mouse fibroblast cell line is
transfected
according to conventional, previously described methods (Graham & van der Eb,
Virology
52: 456, 1973) with a plasmid expressing the point mutated, activated human c-
erbB-2
protein (Masuko at al., Jpn. Cancer Res. 80: 10, .1989) and with the plasmid
pSV2neo
(Southern & Berg, J. Mol. Appl. Genet. .1:327,:1982) which encodes the gene
for resistance
to the drug 6418. 'I'ransfected cells are selected 2 weeks in medium
containing 500 ug/ml
6418 (Geneticin, Gibco-BRL). Individual clones are selected and analyzed for
the
expression of the human c-erbB-2 protein using conventional protein blotting
techniques
(Towbin et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 76: 4350, 1979). A clone expressing
moderate
levels of the point mutated, activated human c-erbB-2 protein (clone 3.7) is
selected, and
tested for growth in nude mice. 2-5 x 106 clone 3.7 cells (per animal)
suspended in 0.2 ml
PBS are subcutaneously injected into the flank of female Balb/c nude mice. The
3.7 cells
injected at a dose of 2 x 106 cells rapidly form tumors in nude mice (control
animals, cf.
Example 16.2)
16.2 Immunotoxin treatment of animals: 2 x 106 clone 3.7 cells are injected
subcutaneously into nude mice. The animals are treated continuously for a
total of 7 days
with the Fv(FRPS)-ETA. 200 p1 of Fv(FRPS)-ETA (concentration 35 p.g/ml in PBS)
is
placed in an osmotic pump (Alzet mini osmotic pump, Model 2001, Alza, Palo
Alto, CA,
#94303-0802) which is implanted subcutaneously into the animals at the same
time as the
clone 3.7 cells are injected. The pump continuously releases Fv(FRPS)- ETA and
delivers
1 p.g/day for 7 days to each animal. In comparison with the control animals
(cf. Example
16.1), the administration of Fv(FRPS)-ETA delays the onset of tumor formation.
16.3 MAb treatment of animals: 5 x 106 clone 3.7 cells are injected
subcutaneously into
nude mice. Starting on the same day as injection of clone 3.7 cells, the
animals are treated
daily, far a total of 10 days, with either MAb FWP51 or MAb FSP77 (MAb dose is
50
ug/200 u1 BSS/day). The MAb is injected intraveneously in the tail vein of the
mouse.
Both antibodies delay the onset of tumor growth. Compared therewith, a
synergistic effect
in inhibiting tumor growth is observed on simultaneous administration of both
antibodies
MAb FWP51 and MAb FSP77.
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Seguence listing
SEQ ID NO:1
SEQUENCE TYPE: nucleotide
SEQUENCE LENGTH: 361 by
MOLECULE TYPE: plasmid DNA
ORIGINAL SOURCE ORGANISM: mouse
IMMEDIATE EXPERIMENTAL SOURCE: _E. _coli
NAME OF CELL CLONE: pMZl6/1
FEATURES: from 6 to VH1BACK primer region
27 by
from 95 to 109 by CDRItt
from 152 to 202 by CDR2H
from 299 to 328 by CDR3~I
from 329 to 361 by VH1FOR primer region
PROPERTIES: encodes the heavy chain variable domain of monoclonal antibody
FRPS
TCTAGAGGTG AAACTGCAGC AGTCTGGACC TGAACTGAAG AAGCCTGGAG 50
AGACAGTCAA GATCTCCTGC AAGGCCTCTG GGTATCCTTT CACAAACTAT 100
GGAATGAACT GGGTGAAGCA GGCTCCAGGA CAGGGTTTAA AGTGGATGGG 150
CTGGATTAAC ACCTCCACTG GAGAGTCAAC ATTTGCTGAT GACTTCAAGG 200
GACGGTTTGA CTTCTCTTTG GAAACCTCTG CCAACACTGC CTATTTGCAG 250
ATCAACAACC TCAAAAGTGA AGACATGGCT ACATATTTCT GTGCAAGATG 300
GGAGGTTTAC CACGGCTACG TTCCTTACTG GGGCCAAGGG ACCACGGTCA 350
CCGTCTCCTC A 361
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SEQ ID N0:2
SEQUENCE TYPE: nucleotide
SEQUENCE LENGTH: 407 by
MOLECULE TYPE: plasmid DNA
ORIGINAL SOURCE ORGANISM: mouse
IMMEDIATE EXPERIMENTAL SOURCE: _E. _coli
NAME OF CELL CLONE: pM2.18/1
FEATURES: from 6 MCK2 primer region
to 28 by
from 98 to 130 b y CDR1L
from 176 to 196 by CDRZL
from 293 to 319 CDR3t.
by
from 374 to 404 MCK2 primer region
by
PROPERTIES: encodes the kappa light chain variable domain of monoclonal
antibody
FRPS
TCTAGTCACT GGATGGTGGG AAGATGGAGA CATTGTGATG ACCCAGTCTC 50
ACAAATTCCT GTCCACTTCA GTAGGAGACA GGGTCAGCAT CACCTGCAAG 100
GCCAGTCAGG ATGTGTATAA TGCTGTTGCC TGGTATCAAC AGAAACCAGG 150
ACAATCTCCT AAACTTCTGA TTTACTCGGC ATCCTCCCGG TACACTGGAG 200
TCCCTTCTCG CTTCACTGGC AGTGGCTCTG GGCCGGATTT CACTTTCACC 250
ATCAGCAGTG TGCAGGCTGA AGACCTGGCA GTTTATTTCT GTCAGCAACA 300
TTTTCGTACT CCATTCACGT TCGGCTCGGG GACAAAATTG GAAATAAAAC 350
GGGCTGATGC TGCACCAACT GTATCCATCT TCCCACCATC CAGTGACTAG 400
AACTAGA 407
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SEQ ID N0:3
SEQUENCE TYPE: nucleotide
SEQUENCE LENGTH: 175 by
MOLECULE TYPE: plasmid DNA
ORIGINAL SOURCE ORGANISM: fully synthetic
IMMEDIATE EXPERIMENTAL SOURCE: _E. coli
NAME OF CELL CLONE: pWW 19
FEATURES: from 30 to PstI site
35 by
from 38 to 44 by BstEII site for subcloning of
heavy chain
variable domain
from 54 to 98 by coding seguence of (GlyGlyGlyGlySer)3
linker
from 105 to 110 by PvuII site
from 112 to 117 by BgIII site
from 120 to 125 by BcII site for subcloning of
light chain variable
domain
AAGCTTGCAT GCAAGCTTCT CAGGTACAAC TGCAGGAGGT CACCGTTTCC 50
TCTGGCGGTG GCGGTTCTGG TGGCGGTGGC TCCGGCGGTG GCGGTTCTGA 100
CATCCAGCTG GAGATCTAGC TGATCAAAGC TCTAGAGGAT CCCCGGGTAC 150
CGAGCTCGAA TTCACTGGCC GTCGT 175
~~~~~r
-60-
SEQ ID N0:4
SEQUENCE TYPE: nucleotide with corresponding protein
SEQUENCE LENGTH: 748 by
MOLECULE TYPE: plasmid DNA
ORIGINAL SOURCE ORGANISM: mouse
IMMEDIATE EXPERIMENTAL SOURCE: _E. _coli
NAME OF CELL CLONE: pWW52
FEATURES: from synthetic spacer
1 to 8 by
from 9 to 365 b y FRPS heavy chain variable
domain
from 99 to 113 by CDR~~t
from 156 to 206 CDR2~1
by
from 303 to 332 CDR3H
by
from 366 to 410 15 amino acids linker
by sequence
from 411 to 728 FRPS light chain variable
by domain
from 480 to 512 CDRtL
by
fxom 558 to 578 CDR2t,
by
from 675 to 701 CDR3L
by
PROPERTIES: Fv heavy chain/light chain variable domain fusion protein binding
to the
extracellular domain of the
growth factor receptor c-erbB-2
AAGCT TCT CAG GTA CAA CTG CAG CAG TCT GGA CCT GAA CTG 41
Ser Gln Val Gln Leu Gln Gln Ser Gly Pro Glu Leu
10
AAG AAG CCT GGA GAG ACA GTC AAG ATC TCC TGC AAG GCC TCT 83
Lys Lys Pro Gly Glu Thr Val Lys Ile Ser Cys Lys Ala Ser
20 25
GGG TAT CCT TTC ACA AAC TAT GGA ATG AAC TGG GTG AAG CAG 125
Gly Tyr Pro Phe Thr Asn Tyr Gly Met: Asn Trp Val Lys Gln
30 35 40
GCT CCA GGA CAG GGT TTA AAG TGG ATG GGC TGG ATT AAC ACT 167
Ala Pro Gly Gln Gly Leu Lys Trp Met Gly Trp Ile Asn Thr
45 50
-61-
TCC ACT GGA GAG TCA ACA TTT GCT GAT GAC TTC AAG GGA CGG 209
Ser Thr Gly Glu Ser Thr Phe Ala Asp Asp Phe Lys Gly Arg
55 60 65
TTT GAC TTC TCT TTG GAA ACC TCT GCC AAC ACT GCC TAT TTG 251
Phe Asp Phe Ser Leu Glu Thr Ser Ala Asn Thr Ala Tyr Leu
70 75 80
CAG ATC AAC AAC CTC AAA AGT GAA GAC ATG GCT ACA TAT TTC 293
Gln Ile Asn Asn Leu Lys Ser Glu Asp Met Ala Thr Tyr Phe
85 90 95
TGT GCA AGA TGG GAG GTT TAC CAC GGC TAC GTT CCT TAC TGG 335
Cys Ala Arg Trp Glu Val Tyr His Gly Tyr Val Pro Tyr Trp
100 105 110
GGC CAA GGG ACC ACG GTC ACC GTT TCC TCT GGC GGT GGC GGT 377
my Gln Gly Thr Thr Val Thr Val Ser Ser Gly Gly Gly Gly
115 120
TCT GGT GGC GGT GGC TCC GGC GGT GGC GGT TCT GAC ATC CAG 419
Ser Gly G1y Gly Gly Ser Gly Gly Gly Gly Ser Asp Ile Gln
125 130 135
CTG ACC CAG TCT CAC AAA TTC CTG TCC ACT TCA GTA GGA GAC 461
Leu Thr Gln Ser His Lys Phe Leu Ser Thr Ser Val Gly Asp
140 145 150
AGG GTC AGC ATC ACC TGC AAG GCC AGT CAG GAT GTG TAT AAT 503
Arg Val Ser Ile Thr Cys Lys Ala Ser Gln Asp Val Tyr Asn
155 160 165
GCT GTT GCC TGG TAT CAA CAG AAA CCA GGA CAA TCT CCT AAA 545
Ala Val Ala Trp Tyr Gln Gln Lys Pro Gly Gln Ser Pro Lys
170 175 180
-62-
CTT CTG ATT TAC TCG GCA TCC TCC CGG TAC ACT GGA GTC CCT 587
Leu Leu Ile Tyr Ser Ala Ser Ser Arg Tyr Thr Gly Val Pro
185 190
TCT CGC TTC ACT GGC AGT GGC TCT GGG CCG GAT TTC ACT TTC 629
Ser Arg Phe Thr Gly Ser Gly Ser Gly Pro Asp Phe Thr Phe
195 200 205
ACC ATC AGC AGT GTG CAG GCT GAA GAC CTG GCA GTT TAT TTC 671
Thr Ile Ser Ser Val Gln Ala Glu Asp Leu Ala Val Tyr Phe
210 215 220
TGT CAG CAA CAT TTT CGT ACT CCA TTC ACG TTC GGC TCG GGG 713
Cys Gln Gln His Phe Arg Thr Pro Phe Thr Phe Gly Ser Gly
225 230 235
ACA AAA TTG GAG ATC TAGCTGATCA AAGCTCTAGA 748
Thr Lys Leu Glu Ile
240
-63-
SEQ ID N0:5
SEQUENCE TYPE: nucleotide with corresponding protein
SEQUENCE LENGTH: 2233 hp
MOLECULE TYPE: plasmid DNA
ORIGINAL SOURCE ORGANISM: mouse and _E. coli
IMMEDIATE EXPERIMENTAL SOURCE: _E. _coli
NAME OF CELL CLONE: pWW616
FEATURES: from y ompA
1 to 22 b 5'
non-coding
region
from 23 to 85 by om pA signal peptide
from 89 to 445 FR PS heavy chain variable
by domain
from 446 to 490 y 15
b amino
acids
linker
seguence
from 491 to 814 y FRPS
b light
chain
variable
domain
from 815 to 2155 by coding
region
of
phoA
from 2156 to 2233 3'
by non-coding
region
of
phoA
PROPERTIES: Fv heavy chain/light chain variable domain and alkaline
phosphatase
fusion protein Fv(FRPS)-phoA binding to the growth factor xeceptor c-erb.B-2
TCTAGATAAC GAGGCGCAAA AA ATG AAA AAG ACA GCT ATC GCG 43
Met Lys Lys Thr Ala Ile Ala
-20 -15
ATT GCA GTG GCA CTG GCT GGT TTC GCT ACC GTA GCG CAA GCT 85
Ile Ala Va1 Ala Leu Ala Gly Phe Ala Thr Val Ala Gln Ala
-10 -5
TCT CAG GTA CAA CTG CAG CAG TCT GGA CCT GAA CTG AAG AAG 127
Ser Gln Val Gln Leu Gln Gln Ser Gly Pro Glu Leu Lys Lys
10
CCT GGA GAG ACA GTC AAG ATC TCC TGC AAG GCC TCT GGG TAT 169
Pro Gly Glu Thr Val Lys Ile Ser Cys Lys Ala Ser Gly Tyr
20 25
CCT TTC ACA AAC TAT GGA ATG AAC TGG GTG AAG CAG GCT CCA 211
Pro Phe Thr Asn Tyr Gly Met~Asn Trp Val Lys Gln Ala Pro
30 35 40
-64-
,. GGA CAG GGT TTA AAG TGG ATG GGC TGG ATT AAC ACC TCC ACT 253
Gly Gln Gly Leu Lys Trp Met Gly Trp Ile Asn Thr Ser Thr
45 50 55
GGA GAG TCA ACA TTT GCT GA'i' GAC Z'TC AAG GGA CGG TTT GAC 295
Gly Glu Ser Thr Phe A1a Asp Asp Phe Lys Gly Arg Phe Asp
60 65 70
TTC TCT TTG GAA ACC TCT GCC AAC ACT GCC TAT TTG CAG ATC 337
Phe Ser Leu Glu Thr Ser Ala Asn Thr Ala Tyr Leu Gln Ile
75 80
AAC AAC CTC AAA AGT GAA GAC ATG GCT ACA TAT TTC TGT GCA 379
Asn Asn Leu Lys Ser Glu Asp Met A1a Thr Tyr Phe Cys Ala
85 90 95
AGA TGG GAG GTT TAC CAC GGC TAC GTT CCT TAC TGG GGC CAA 421
Arg Trp Glu Val Tyr His G:Ly Tyr Val Pro Tyr Trp Gly Gln
100 105 110
GGG ACC ACG GTC ACC GTT TCC TCT GGC GGT GGC GGT TCT GGT 463
Gly Thr Thr Val Thr Val Ser Ser Gly Gly Gly Gly Ser Gly
115 120 125
GGC GGT GGC TCC GGC GGT GGC GGT TCT GAC ATC CAG CTG ACC 505
Gly Gly Gly Ser Gly Gly Gly G.ly Ser Asp Ile Gln Leu Thr
130 135 140
CAG TCT CAC AAA TTC CTG TCC ACT TCA GTA GGA GAC AGG GTC 547
Gln Ser His Lys Phe Leu Ser Thr Ser Val Gl.y Asp Arg Val
145 150
AGC ATC ACC TGC AAG GCC AGT CAG GAT GTG TAT AAT GCT GTT 5$9
Ser Ile Thr Cys Lys Ala Ser Gln Asp Val Tyr Asn Ala Val
155 160 165
-65-
GCC TGG TAT CAA CAG AAA CCA GGA CAA TCT CCT AAA CTT CTG 631
Ala Trp Tyr Gln Gln Lys Pro Gly Gln Ser Pro Lys Leu Leu
170 175 180
ATT TAC TCG GCA TCC TCC CGG TAC ACT GGA GTC CCT TCT CGC 673
Ile Tyr Ser Ala Ser Ser Arg Tyr Thr Gly Val Pro Ser Arg
185 190 195
TTC ACT GGC AGT GGC TCT GGG CCG GAT TTC ACT TTC ACC ATC 715
Phe Thr Gly Ser Gly Ser Gly Pro Asp Phe Thr Phe Thr Ile
200 205 210
AGC AGT GTG CAG GCT GAA GAC CTG GCA GTT TAT TTC TGT CAG 757
Ser Ser Val Gln Ala Glu Asp Leu Ala Val Tyr Phe Cys Gln
215 220
CAA CAT TTT CGT ACT CCA TTC ACG TTC GGC TCG GGG ACA AAA 799
Gln His Phe Arg Thr Pro Phe Thr Phe Gly Ser Gly Thr Lys
225 230 235
TTG GAG ATC AAA GCT CTA GAG CCT GTT CTG GAA AAC CGG GCT 841
Leu Glu Ile Lys Ala Leu Glu Pro Val Leu Glu Asn Arg Ala
240 245 250
GCT CAG GGC GAT ATT ACT GCA CCC GGC GGT GCT CGC CGT TTA 883
Ala Gln Gly Asp Ile Thr Ala Pro Gly Gly Ala Arg Arg Leu
255 260 265
ACG GGT GAT CAG ACT GCC GCT CTG CGT GAT TCT CTT AGC GAT 925
Thr Gly Asp Gln Thr Ala Ala Leu Arg Asp Ser Leu Ser Asp
270 275 280
AAA CCT GCA AAA AAT ATT ATT-TTG CTG ATT GGC GAT GGG ATG 967
Lys Pro Ala Lys Asn Ile Ile Leu Leu Ile Gly Asp Gly Met
285 290
-66-
GGG GAC TCG GAA ATT ACT GCC GCA CGT AAT TAT GCC GAA GGT 1009
Gly Asp Ser Glu Ile Thr Ala Ala Arg Asn Tyr Ala Glu Gly
295 300 305
GCG GGC GGC TTT TTT AAA GGT ATA GAT GCC TTA CCG CTT ACC 1051
Ala Gly Gly Phe Fhe Lys Gly Ile Asp Ala Leu Pro Leu Thr
310 315 320
GGG CAA TAC ACT CAC TAT GCG CTG AAT AAA AAA ACC GGC AAA 1093
Gly Gln Tyr Thr His Tyr Ala Leu Asn Lys Lys Thr Gly Lys
325 330 335
CCG GAC TAC GTC ACC GAC TCG GCT GCA TCA GCA ACC GCC TGG 1135
Pro Asp Tyr Val Thr Asp Ser Ala A1a Ser Ala Thr Ala Trp
340 345 350
TCA ACC GGT GTC AAA ACC TAT AAC GGC GCG CTG GGC GTC GAT 11'77
Ser Thr Gly Val Lys Thr Tyr Asn Gly Ala Leu Gly Val Asp
355 360
ATT CAC GAA AAA GAT CAC CCA ACG ATT CTG GAA ATG GCA AAA 1219
Ile His Glu Lys Asp His Pro Thr Ile Leu Glu Met Ala Lys
365 370 375
GCC GCA GGT CTG GCG ACC GGT AAC GTT TCT ACC GCA GAG TTG 1261
Ala Ala Gly Leu Ala Thr Gly Asn Val Ser Thr Ala Glu Leu
380 385 390
CAG GAT GCC ACG CCC GCT GCG CTG GTG GCA CAT GTG ACC TCG 1303
Gln Asp Ala Thr Pro Ala Ala Leu Val Ala His Val Thr Ser
395 400 405
CGC AAA TGC TAC GGT CCG AGC GCG ACC AGT GAA AAA TGT CCG 1345
Arg Lys Cys Tyr Gly Pro Ser Ala Thr Ser Glu Lys Cys Pro
410 415 420
-67-
GGT AAC GCT CTG GAA AAA GGC GGA AAA GGA TCG ATT ACC GAA 1387
Gly Asn Ala Leu Glu Lys Gly Gly Lys Gly Ser Ile Thr Glu
425 430
CAG CTG C'PT AAC GCT CGT GCC GAC GTT ACG CTT GGC GGC GGC 1429
Gln Leu Leu Asn Ala Arg Ala Asp Val Thr Leu Gly Gly Gly
435 440 445
GCA AAA ACC TTT GCT GAA ACG GCA ACC GCT GGT GAA TGG CAG 1471
Ala Lys Thr Phe Ala Glu Thr Ala Thr Ala G1y Glu Trp Gln
450 455 460
GGA AAA ACG CTG CGT GAA CAG GCA CAG GCG CGT GGT TAT CAG 1513
Gly Lys Thr Leu Arg Glu Gln Ala Gln Ala Arg Gly Tyr Gln
465 470 475
TTG GTG AGC GAT GCT GCC TCA CTG AAT TCG GTG ACG GAA GCG 1555
Leu Val Ser Asp Ala Ala Ser Leu Asn Ser Val Thr Glu Ala
480 485 490
AAT CAG CAA AAA CCC CTG CTT GGC CTG '!'TT GCT GAC GGC AAT 1597
Asn Gln Gln Lys Pro Leu Leu Gly Leu Phe Ala Asp Gly Asn
495 500
ATG CCA GTG CGC TGG CTA GGA CCG AAA GCA ACG TAC CAT GGC 1639
Met Pro Val Arg Trp Leu G1y Pro Lys Ala Thr Tyr His Gly
505 510 515
AAT ATC GAT AAG CCC GCA GTC ACC TGT ACG CCA AAT CCG CAA 1681
Asn Ile Asp Lys Pro Ala Val Thr Cys Thr Pro Asn Pro Gln
520 525 530
CGT AAT GAC AGT GTA CCA ACC.CTG GCG CAG ATG ACC GAC AAA 1723
Arg Asn Asp Ser Val Pro Thr Leu Ala Gln Met Thr Asp Lys
535 540 545
2~~~~i~ r
-68-
GCC AT':~ GAA TTG TTG AGT AAA AAT GAG AAA GGC TTT TTC CTG 1765
Ala Ile Glu Leu Leu Ser Lys Asn Glu Lys Gly Phe Phe Leu
550 555 560
CAA GTT GAA GGT GCG TCA ATC GAT AAA CAG GAT CAT GCT GCG 1807
Gln Val Glu Gly Ala Ser Ile Asp Lys Gln Asp His Ala Ala
565 570
AAT CCT TGT GGG CAA ATT GGC GAG ACG GTC GAT CTC GAT GAA 1849
Asn Pro Cys Gly Gln Ile Gly Glu Thr Val Asp Leu Asp Glu
575 580 585
GCC GTA CAA CGG GCG CTG GAA TTC GCT AAA AAG GAG GGT AAC 1891
Ala Val Gln Arg Ala Leu Glu Phe Ala Lys Lys Glu Gly Asn
590 595 600
ACG CTG GTC ATA GTC ACC GCT GAT CAC GCC CAC GCC AGC CAG 1933
Thr Leu Val Ile Val Thr Ala Asp His Ala His Ala Ser Gln
605 610 615
ATT GTT GCG CCG GAT ACC AAA GCT CCG GGC CTC ACC CAG GCG 1975
Ile Val Ala Pro Asp Thr Lys Ala Pro Gly Leu Thr Gln Ala
620 625 630
CTA AAT ACC AAA GAT GGC GCA GTG ATG GTG ATG AGT TAC GGG 2017
Leu Asn Thr Lys Asp Gly ala Va1 Met Val Met Ser Tyr Gly
635 ' 640
AAC TCC GAA GAG GAT TCA CAA GAA CAT ACC GGC AGT CAG TTG 2059
Asn Ser Glu Glu Asp Ser Gln Glu His Thr Gly Ser Gln Leu
645 650 655
CGT ATT GCG GCG TAT GGC CCG CAT GCC GCC AAT GTT GTT GGA 2101
Arg Tle Ala Ala Tyr Gly Pro His Ala Ala Asn Val Val Gly
660 665 570
-69-
CTG ACC GAC CAG ACC GA~!' CTC T'rC TAC ACC ATG AAA GCC GCT 2143
Leu Thr Asp Gln Thr Asp Leu Phe Tyr Thr Met Lys Ala Ala
675 680 685
CTG GGG CTG AAA TAAAACCGCG CCCGGCAGTG AATTTTCGCT 2185
Leu Gly Leu Lys
690
GCCGGGTGGT TTTTTTGCTG TTAGCAACCA GACTTAATGG CAGAGCTC 2233
-70-
SEQ ID N0:6
SEQUENCE TYPE: nucleotide
SEQUENCE LENGTH: 342 by
MOLECULE TYPE: plasmid DNA
ORIGINAL SOURCE ORGANISM: mouse
IMMEDIATE EXPERIMENTAL SOURCE: E.coli
NAME OF CELL CLONE: pWWlS-VI-I51-1
FEATURES: from 1 to 14 by partial sequence of VH1BACK primer region
from 82 to 96 by CDR1H
from 139'to 189 by CDRZja
from 286 to 318 by CDR3EI
from 317 to 342 by partial sequence of VH1FOR primer region
PROPERTIES: encodes the heavy chain variable domain of monoclonal antibody
FWP51
CTGCAGCAGT CTGGGGCTGA GCTGGTGAGG CCTGGGACTT CAGTGAAGCT 50
GTCCTGCAAG GCTTCTGATT ACACCTTCAC CAGCTACTGG ATGAACTGGG 100
TGAAGCAGAG GCCTGGACAA GGCCTTGAAT GGATTGGTAT GATTGATCCT 150
TCAGACAGTG AAACTCAATA CAATCAAATG TTCA.~1GGACA AGGCCGCATT 200
GACTGTAGAC AAGTCCTCCA ATACAGCCTA CATGCAACTC AGCAGCCTGA 250
CATCTGAGGA CTCTGCGGTC TATTACTGTG CAAAAGGGGG GGCCTCTGGG 300
GACTGGTACT TCGATGTCTG GGGCCAAGGG ACCACGGTCA CC 342
-71-
SEQ ID N0:7
SEQUENCE TYPE: nucleotide
SEQUENCE LENGTH: 310 by
MOLECULE TYPE: plasmid DNA
ORIGINAL SOURCE ORGANISM: mouse
IMMEDIATE EXPERIMENTAL SOURCE: E.coli
NAME OF CELL CLONE: pWWlS-VL51-1
FEATURES: from 1 to partial sequence of VK1BACK
18 by primer region
from 64 to 96 by CDRtL
from 142 to 162 by CDRZL
from 259 to 282 by CDR3L -
from 292 to 310 by partial sequence of VK1FOR
primer region
PROPERTIES: encodes the light chain variable domain of monoclonal antibody
FWP51
CAGCTGACCC AGTCTCCATC CTCACTGTCT GCATCTCTGG GAGGCGAAGT 50
CACCATCACT TGCAAGGCAA GCCAAGACAT TAAGAAGTAT ATAGCTTGGT 100
ACCAACACAA GCCTGGAAAA AGTCCTCGGC TACTCATACA CTACACATCT 150
GTATTACAGC CAGGCATCCC ATCCAGGTTC AGTGGAAGTG GGTCTGGGAG 200
AGATTATTCC TTCAGCATCC ACAACCTGGA GCCTGAAGAT ATTGCAACTT 250
ATTATTGTCT ACATTATGAT TATCTGTACA CGTTCGGAGG GGGCACCAAG 300
CTGGAGATCT 310
2~~~~
-72-
SEQ ID N0:8
SEQUENCE TYPE: nucleotide with corresponding protein
SEQUENCE LENGTH: 748 by
MOLECULE TYPE: plasmid D.NA ORIGINAL
SOURCE ORGANISM: mouse
IMMEDIATE EXPERIMENTAL SOURCE: E.coli
NAME OF CELL CLONE: pWW 15-Fv51
FEATURES: from 1 to 8 by synthetic spacer
from 9 to 368 by FWP 51 heavy chain variable
domain
from 99 to 113 by CDR1H
from 156 to 206 by CDR2H
from 303 to 335 by CDR3H
from 369 to 413 by synthetic spacer
from 414 to 728 by FWP 51 light chain variable
domain
from 483 to 5i5 by CDR1L
from 561 to 581 by R2L
from 678 to 701 by CDR3L
from 729 to 748 by synthetic spacer
PROPERTIES: encodes single-chain Fv fusion gene comprising monoclonal antibody
FWP51 heavy and kappa light chain variable domain cDNA
AAGCT 5
TCT CAG GTA CAA CTG CAG CAG TCT GGG GCT GAG CTG GTG 44
Ser Gln Val Gln Leu Gln Gln Ser Gly Ala Glu Leu Val
1 5 10
AGG CCT GGG ACT TCA GTG AAG CTG TCC TGC AAG GCT TCT GAT 86
Arg Pro Gly Thr Ser Val Lys Leu Ser Cys Lys Ala Ser Asp
15 20 25
-73-
TAC ACC TTC ACC AGC TAC TGG ATG AAC TGG GTG AAG CAG AGG 128
Tyr Thr Phe Thr Ser Tyr Trp Met Asn Trp Val Lys Gln Arg
30 35 40
CCT GGA CAA GGC CTT GAA TGG ATT GGT ATG ATT GAT CCT TCA 170
Pro Gly Gln Gly Leu Glu Trp Ile Gly Met Ile Asp Pro Ser
45 50 55
GAC AGT GAA ACT CAA TAC AAT CAA ATG TTC P.AG GAC AAG GCC 212
Asp Ser Glu Thr Gln Tyr Asn Gln Met Phe Lys Asp Lys Ala
60 65
GCA TTG ACT GTA GAC AAG TCC TCC AAT ACA GCC TAC ATG CAA 254
Ala Leu Thr Val Asp Lys Ser Ser Asn Thr Ala Tyr Met Gln
70 75 80
CTC AGC AGC CTG ACA TCT GAG GAC TCT GCG GTC TAT TAC TGT 296
Leu Ser Ser Leu Thr Ser Glu Asp Ser Ala Val Tyr Tyr Cys
85 90 95
GCA AAA GGG GGG GCC TCT GGG GAC TGG TAC TTC GAT GTC TGG 338
Ala Lys Gly Gly Ala Ser Gly Asp Trp Tyr Phe Asp Val Trp
100 105 110
GGC CAA GGG ACC ACG GTC ACC GTT TCC TCT GGC GGT GGC GGT 380
Gly Gln Gly Thr Thr Val Thr Val Ser Ser Gly Gly Gly Gly
115 120 ~ 125
TCT GGT GGC GGT GGC TCC GGC GGT GGC GGT TCT GAC ATC CAG 422
Ser Gly Gly Gly Gly Ser Gly Gly Gly Gly Ser Asp Ile Gln
130 135
CTG ACC CAG TCT CCA TCC TCA CTG TCT GCA TCT CTG GGA GGC 464
Leu Thr Gln Ser Pro Ser Ser Leu Ser Ala Ser Leu Gly Gly
145 150
-74-
GAA GTC ACC ATC ACT TGC AAG GCA AGC CAA GAC ATT AAG AAG 506
Glu Val Thr Ile Thr Cys Lys Ala Ser Gln Asp Ile Lys Lys 168
155 160 165
TAT ATA GCT TGG TAC CAA CAC AAG CCT GGA AAA AGT CCT CGG 548
Tyr Ile Ala Trp Tyr Gln His Lys Pro Gly Lys Ser Pro Arg 182
170 175 180
CTA CTC ATA CAC TAC ACA TCT GTA TTA CAG CCA GGC ATC CCA 59O
Leu Leu Ile His Tyr Thr Ser Val Leu Gln Pro Gly Ile .Pro
185 190 195
TCC AGG TTC AGT GGA AGT GGG 7.'CT GGG AGA GAT TAT TCC TTC 632
Ser Arg Phe Ser Gly Ser Gly Ser Gly Arg Asp Tyr Ser Phe
200 205
AGC ATC CAC AAC CTG GAG CCT GAA GAT ATT GCA ACT TAT TAT 674
Ser Ile His Asn Leu Glu Pro Glu Asp Ile Ala Thr Tyr Tyr
210 215 220
TGT CTA CAT TAT GAT TAT CTG TAC ACG TTC GGA GGG GGC ACC 716
Cys Leu His Tyr Asp Tyr Leu Tyr Thr Phe Gly Gly Gly Thr
225 230 235
AAG CTG GAG ATC TAGCTGATCA AAGCTCTAGA 748
Lys Leu Glu Ile
240 '
~~~a~~
-75-
SEQ ID N0:9
SEQUENCE TYPE: nucleotide
SEQUENCE LENGTH; 201 by
MOLECULE TYPE: plasmid DNA
ORIGINAL SOURCE ORGANISM: Pseudomonas acruginosa PAK
IMMEDIATE EXPERIMENTAL SOURCE: E.coli
NAME OF CELL CLONE: pWW22
FEATURES: from 1 to 27 by synthetic spacer
from 29 to 201 by partial exotoxin A sequence corresponding to
nucleotide positions 1574 to 1747 by of the
exotoxin A sequence (Gray et al., Proc. Natl.
Acad. Sci. USA 81: 2645, 1984)
PROPERTIES: encodes part of the mutated exotoxin A gene from Pseudomonas
aeru~inosa PAK
AAGCTTAAGG AGATCTGCAT GCTTCTAGAG GGCGGCAGCC TGGCCGCGCT 50
GACCGCGCAC CAGGCCTGCC ACCTGCCGCT GGAGACTTTC ACCCGTCATC 100
GCCAGCCGCG CGGCTGGGAA CAACTGGAGC AGTGCGGCTA TCCGGTGCAG 150
CGGCTGGTCG CCCTCTACCT GGCGGCGCGA CTGTCATGGA ACCAGGTCGA 200
C 201
-76-
SEQ ID NO:10
SEQUENCE TYPE: nucleotide ~.vith corresponding protein
SEQUENCE LENGTH: 2012 by
MOLECULE TYPE: plasmid DNA
ORIGINAL SOURCE ORGANISM: n1011S(;IP.itel'U~IIIOSI
IMMEDIATE EXPERIMENTAL SOURCE: E.coli
NAME OF CELL CLONE: pWW215-5
FEATURES: from 1 to 63 by ompA signal peptide
from G4 to 87 by FLAG peptide and enterokinase cleavage
site
from 97 to 453 FRPS heavy chain variable
by domain
from 454 to 498 15 amino acids linker sequence
by
from 499 to 822 FRPS light chain variable
by domain
from 826 to 1911exotoxin A gene coding region
by
(coding for amino acids 252
to 613 of the
mature exotoxin A)
from 1912 to 3'non-coding rebion of the
2012 by exotoxin A
gene
PROPERTIES: Fv heavy chaiNlight chain variable domain and exotoxin A fusion
protein
Fv(FRPS)-ETA binding to the c-erbB-2 protein
ATG AAA AAG ACA GCT ATC GCG ATT GCA GTG GCA CTG GCT GGT 42
Met Lys Lys Thr Ala Ile Ala Ile Ala Val Ala Leu Ala Gly
-30 ~ -25 -20
TTC GCT ACC GTT GCG CAA GCT GAC TAC AAG GAC GAC GAT GAC 84
Phe Ala Thr Val Ala Gln Ala Asp Tyr Lys Asp Asp Asp Asp
-15 -10 -5
AAG CTA GCT TCT CAG GTA CAA CTG CAG CAG TCT GGA CCT GAA 126
Lys Leu Ala Ser Gln Val Gln Leu Gln Gln Ser Gly Pro Glu
1 5 10
-77-
CTG AAG AAG CCT GGA GAG ACA GTC AAG ATC TCC TGC AAG GCC 168
Leu Lys Lys Pro Gly Glu Thr Val Lys Ile Ser Cys Lys Ala
15 20 25
TCT GGG TAT CCT TTC ACA AAC TAT GGA ATG AAC TGG GTG AAG 210
Ser Gly Tyr Pro Phe Thr Asn Tyr Gly Met Asn Trp Val Lys
30 35
CAG GCT CCA GGA CAG GGT TTA AAG TGG ATG GGC TGG ATT AAC 252
Gln Ala Pro Gly G1n Gly Leu Lys Trp Met Gly Trp Ile Asn
40 45 50
ACC TCC ACT GGA GAG TCA ACA TTT GCT GAT GAC TTC AAG GGA 294
Thr Ser Thr Gly Glu Ser Thr Phe Ala Asp Asp Phe Lys Gly
55 60 65
CGG TTT GAC TTC TCT TTG GAA ACC TCT GCC AAC ACT GCC TAT 336
Arg Phe Asp Phe Ser Leu Glu Thr Ser Ala Asn Thr Ala Tyr
70 75 80
TTG CAG ATC AAC AAC CTC AAA AGT GAA GAC ATG GCT ACA TAT 378
Leu Gln Ile Asn Asn Lau Lys Ser Glu Asp Met Ala Thr Tyr
85 90 95
TTC TGT GCA AGA TGG GAG GTT TAC CAC GGC TAC GTT CCT TAC 420
Phe Cys Ala Arg Trp Glu Val Tyr His Gly Tyr Val Pro Tyr
100 105
TGG GGC CAA GGG ACC ACG GTC ACC GTT TCC TCT GGC GGT GGC 462
Trp Gly Gln Gly Thr Thr Val Thr Val Ser Ser Gly Gly Gly
110 115 120
GGT TC'I' GGT GGC GGT GGC TCC GGC GGT GGC GGT TCT GAC ATC 504
Gly Ser Gly Gly Gly Gly Ser Gly Gly Gly Gly Ser Asp Tle
125 130 135
_78_
CAG CTG ACC CAG TCT CAC AAA TTC CTG TCC ACT TCA GTA GGA 546
Gln Leu Thr Gln Ser His Lys Phe Leu Ser Thr Ser Val Gly
140 145 150
GAC AGG GTC AGC ATC ACC TGC AAG GCC AGT CAG GAT GTG TAT 588
Asp Arg Val Ser Ile Thr Cys Lys Ala Ser Gln Asp Val Tyr
155 160 165
AAT GCT GTT GCC TGG TAT CAA CAG AAA CCA GGA CAA TCT CCT 630
Asn Ala Val Ala Trp Tyr Gln Gln Lys Pro Gly G1n Ser Pro
170 175
AAA CTT CTG ATT TAC TCG GCA TCC TCC CGG TAC ACT GGA GTC 672
Lys Leu Leu Ile Tyr Ser Ala Ser Ser Arg Tyr Thr Gly Val
180 185 190
CCT TCT CGC TTC ACT GGC AGT GGC TCT GGG CCG GAT TTC ACT 714
Pro Ser Arg Phe Thr Gly Ser Gly Ser Gly Pro Asp Phe Thr
195 200 205
TTC ACC ATC AGC AGT GTG CAG GCT GAA GAC CTG GCA GTT TAT 756
Phe Thr Ile Ser Ser Val Gln Ala Glu Asp Leu Ala Val Tyr
210 215 220
TTC TGT CAG CAA CAT TTT CGT ACT CCA TTC ACG TTC GGC TCG 798
Phe Cys Gln Gln His Phe Arg Thr Pro Phe Thr Phe Gly Ser
225 230 235
GGG ACA AAA TTG GAG ATC AAA GCT CTA GAG GGC GGC AGC CTG 840
Gly Thr Lys Leu Glu Ile Lys Ala Leu Glu Gly Gly Ser Leu
240 245
GCC GCG CTG ACC GCG CAC CAG GCC TGC CAC CTG CCG CTG GAG 882
Ala Ala Leu Thr Ala His Gln Ala Cys His Leu Pro Leu Glu
250 255 260
c,~: r.~,.
~~~~ -R
-79-
ACT TTC ACC CGT CAT CGC CAG CCG CGC GGC TGG GAA CAA CTG 924
Thr Phe Thr Arg His Arg Gln Pro Arg Gly Trp Glu Gln Leu
265 270 275
GAG CAG TGC GGC TAT CCG GTG CAG CGG CTG GTC GCC CTC TAC 966
Glu Gln Gys Gly Tyr Pro Val Gln Arg Leu Val Ala Leu Tyr
280 285 290
CTG GCG GCG CGA CTG TCA TGG AAC CAG GTC GAC CAG GTG ATC 1008
Leu Ala Ala Arg Leu Ser Trp Asn G1n Val Asp Gln Val Il.e
295 300 305
CGC AAC GCC CTG GCC AGC CCC GGC AGC GGC GGC GAC CTG GGC 1050
Arg Asn Ala Leu Ala Ser Pro Gly 5er Gly Gly Asp Leu Gly
310 315
GAA GCG ATC CGC GAG CAG CCG GAG CAG GCC CGT CTG GCC CTG 1092
Glu Ala Ile Arg Glu Gln Pro Glu Gln Ala Arg Leu Ala Leu
320 325 330
ACC CTG GCC GCC GCC GAG AGC GAG CGC TTC GTC CGG CAG GGC 1134
Thr Leu Ala Ala Ala Glu Ser Glu Arg Phe Val Arg Gln Gly
335 340 345
ACC GGC AAC GAC GAG GCC GGC GCG GCC AAC GCC GAC GTG GTG 1176
Thr Gly Asn Asp Glu Ala Gly Ala Ala Asn Ala Asp Val Val
350 355 360
AGC CTG ACC TGC CCG GTC GCC GCC GGT GAA TGC GCG GGC CCG 1218
Ser Leu Thr Cys Pro Val Ala Ala Gly Glu Cys Ala Gly Pro
365 370 375
GCG GAC AGC GGC GAC GCC CTG CTG GAG CGC AAC TAT CCC ACT 1260
Ala Asp Ser Gly Asp Ala Leu Leu Glu Arg Asn Tyr Pro Thr
380 385
-so-
GGC GCG GAG TTC CTC GGC GAC GGC GGC GAC GTC AGC TTC AGC 1302
Gly Ala Glu Phe Leu Gly Asp Gly Gly Asp Val Ser Phe Ser
3.90 395 400
ACC CGC GGC ACG CAG AAC TGG ACG GTG GAG CGG CTG CTC CAG 1344
Thr Arg Gly Thr Gln Asn Trp Thr Val Glu Arg Leu Leu Gln
405 410 415
GCG CAC CGC CAA CTG GAG GAG CGC GGC TAT GTG TTC GTC GGC 1386
Ala His Arg Gln Leu Glu Glu Arg Gly Tyr Val Phe Val Gly
420 425 430
TAC CAC GGC ACC TTC CTC GAA GCG GCG CAA AGC ATC GTC TTC 1428
Tyr His Gly Thr Phe Leu Glu Ala Ala Gln Ser Ile Val Phe
435 440 445
GGC GGG GTG CGC GCG CGC AGC CAG GAC CTC GAC GCG ATC TGG 1470
Gly Gly Val Arg Ala Arg Ser Gln Asp Leu Asp Ala Ile Trp
450 455
CGC GGT TTC TAT ATC GCC GGC GAT CCG GCG CTG GCC TAC GGC 1512
Arg Gly Phe Tyr I1e Ala Gly Asp Pro Ala Leu Ala Tyr Gly
460 465 470
TAC GCC CAG GAC CAG GAA CCC GAC GCA CGC GGC CGG ATC CGC 1554
Tyr Ala Gln Asp Gln Glu Pro Asp Ala Arg Gly Arg Ile Arg
475 480 485
AAC GGT GCC CTG CTG CGG GTC TAT GTG CCG CGC TCG AGC CTG 1596
Asn Gly Ala Leu Leu Arg Val Tyr Val Pro Arg Ser Ser Leu
490 495 500
CCG GGC TTC TAC CGC ACC AGC CTG ACC CTG GCC GCG CCG GAG 1638
Pro Gly Phe Tyr Arg Thr Ser Leu Thr Leu Ala Ala Pro Glu
505 510 515
-sl-
GCG GCG GGC GAG GTC GAA CGG CTG ATC GGC CAT CCG CTG CCG 1680
Ala Ala Gly Glu Val Glu Arg Leu Ile Gly His Pro Leu Pro
520 525
CTG CGC CTG GAC GCC ATC ACC GGC CCC GAG GAG GAA GGC GGG 1722
Leu Arg Leu Asp Ala Ile Thr Gly Pro Glu Glu Glu Gly Gly
530 535 540
CGC CTG GAG ACC ATT CTC GGC TGG CCG CTG GCC GAG CGC ACC 1764
Arg Leu Glu Thr Ile Leu Gly Trp Pro Leu Ala Glu Arg Thr
545 550 555
GTG GTG ATT CCC TCG GCG ATC CCC ACC GAC CCG CGC AAC GTC 1806
Val Val Ile Pro Ser Ala Ile Pro Thr Asp Pro Arg Asn Val
560 565 570
GGC GGC GAC CTC GAC CCG TCC AGC ATC CCC GAC AAG GAA CAG 1848
Gly Gly Asp Leu Asp Pro Ser Ser Ile Pro Asp Lys Glu Gln
575 580 585
GCG ATC AGC GCC CTG CCG GAC TAC GCC AGC CAG CCC GGC AAA 1890
Ala Ile Ser Ala Leu Pro Asp Tyr Ala Ser Gln Pro Gly Lys
590 595
CCG CCG CGC GAG GAC CTG AAG TAA CTGCCGCGAC CGGCCGGCTC 1934
Pro Pro Arg Glu Asp Leu Lys
600 605
CCTTCGCAGG AGCCGGCCTT CTCGGGGCCT GGCCATACAT CAGGTTTTCC 1984
TGATGCCAGC CCAATCGAAT ATGAATTC 2012
-82-
1
SEQ ID NO:11
SEQUENCE TYPE: nucleotide with corresponding protein
SEQUENCE LENGTH: 2012 by
MOLECULE TYPE: plasmid DNA
ORIGINAL SOURCE ORGANISM: mouse/P.acruginosa
IMMEDIATE EXPERIMENTAL SOURCE: E.coli
NAME OF CELL CLONE: pWW215-51
FEATURES: from 1 to 63 ompA signal peptide
by
from 64 to 87 by FLAG peptide and enterokinase
cleavage
site
from 97 to 456 by FWP51 heavy chain variable
domain
from 457 to SO1 by 15 amino acids linker sequence
from 502 to 822 by FWP51 light chain variable
domain
from 826 to 1911 by exotoxin A gene coding region
(coding for amino acids 252
to 613 of the
mature exotoxin A)
from 1912 to 2012 by 3' non-coding region of the
exotoxin A gene
PROPERTIES: Fv heavy chain/light chain variable domain and exotoxin A fusion
protein
Fv(FWP51)-ETA binding to the c-erbl~-2 protein
ATG AAA AAG ACA GCT ATC GCG ATT GCA GTG GCA CTG GCT GGT 42
Met Lys Lys Thr Ala Ile Ala Ile Ala Val Ala Leu Ala Gly
-30 -25 -20
TTC GCT ACC GTT GCG CAA GCT GAC TAC AAG GAC GAC GAT GAC 84
Phe Ala Thr Val Ala Gln Ala Asp Tyr Lys Asp Asp Asp Asp
-15 -10 -5
AAG CTA GCT TCT CAG GTA CAA CTG CAG CAG TCT GGG GCT GAG 126
Lys Leu Ala Ser Gln Val Gln Leu Gln Gln Ser Gly Ala Glu
10
-83-
CTG GTG AGG CCT GGG ACT TCA GTG AAG CTG TCC TGC AAG GCT 168
Leu Val Arg Pro Gly Thr Ser Val Lys Leu Ser Cys Lys Ala
15 20 25
TCT GAT TAC ACC TTC ACC AGC TAC TGG ATG AAC TGG GTG AAG 210
Ser Asp Tyr Thr Phe Thr Ser Tyr Trp Met Asn Trp Val Lys
30 35
CAG AGG CCT GGA CAA GGC CTT GAA TGG ATT GGT ATG ATT GAT 252
Gln Arg Pro Gly Gln Gly Leu Glu Trp Ile Gly Met Ile Asp
40 45 50
CCT TCA GAC AGT GAA ACT CAA TAC AAT CAA ATG TTC AAG GAC 294
Pro Ser Asp Ser Glu Thr Gln Tyr Asn Gln Met Phe Lys Asp
55 60 65
AAG GCC GCA TTG ACT GTA GAC AAG TCC TCC AAT ACA GCC TAC 336
Lys Ala Ala Leu Thr Val Asp Lys Ser Ser Asn Thr Ala Tyr
70 75 80
ATG CAA CTC AGC AGC CTG ACA TCT GAG GAC TCT GCG GTC TAT 378
Met Gln Leu Ser Ser Leu Thr Ser Glu Asp Ser A1~ Val Tyr
85 90 95
TAC TGT GCA AAA GGG GGG GCC TCT GGG GAC TGG TAC TTC GAT 420
Tyr Cys Ala Lys Gly Gly Ala Ser Gly Asp Trp Tyr Phe Asp
100 , 105
GTC TGG GGC CAA GGG ACC ACG GTC ACC GTT TCC TCT GGC GGT 462
Val Trp Gly Gln Gly Thr Thr Val Thr Val Ser Ser Gly Gly
110 115 120
GGC GGT TCT GGT GGC GGT GGC TCC GGC GGT GGC GGT TCT GAC 504
Gly Gly Ser Gly Gly Gly G1y Ser Gly Gly Gly Gly Ser Asp
125 130 135
~Q~~~~~
-84-
ATC CAG CTG ACC CAG TCT CCA TCC TCA CTG TCT GCA TCT CTG 546
Ile Gln Leu Thr Gln Ser Pro Ser Ser Leu Ser Ala Ser Leu
140 145 150
GGA GGC GAA GTC ACC ATC ACT TGC AAG GCA AGC CAA GAC ATT 588
Gly Gly Glu Va1 Thr Ile Thr Cys Lys Ala Ser Gln Asp Ile
155 160 165
AAG AAG TAT ATA GCT TGG TAC CAA CAC AAG CCT GGA AAA AGT 630
Lys Lys Tyr Ile Ala Trp Tyr Gln His Lys Pro Gly Lys Ser
170 175
CCT CGG CTA CTC ATA CAC TAC ACA TCT GTA TTA CAG CCA GGC 672
Pro Arg Leu Leu Ile His Tyr Thr Ser Val Leu Gln Pro Gly
180 185 190
ATC CCA TCC AGG TTC AGT GGA AGT GGG TCT GGG AGA GAT TAT 714
Ile Pro Ser Arg Phe Ser Gly Ser Gly Ser Gly Arg Asp Tyr
195 200 205
TCC TTC AGC ATC CAC AAC CTG GAG CCT GAA GAT ATT GCA ACT 756
Ser Phe Ser Ile His Asn Leu Glu Pro Glu Asp Ile Ala Thr
210 215 220
TAT TAT TGT CTA CAT TAT GAT TAT CTG TAC ACG TTC GGA GGG 798
Tyr Tyr Cys Leu His Tyr Asp Tyr Leu Tyr Thr Phe Gly Gly
225 230 235
GGC ACC AAG CTG GAG ATC AAA GCT CTA GAG GGC GGC AGC CTG 840
Gly Thr Lys Leu Glu Ile Lys Ala Leu Glu Gly Gly Ser Leu
240 245
GCC GCG CTG ACC GCG CAC CAG GCC TGC CAC CTG CCG CTG GAG 882
Ala Ala Leu Thr Ala His Gln Ala Cys His Leu Pro Leu Glu
250 255 260
-85-
ACT TTC ACC CGT CAT CGC CAG CCG CGC GGC TGG GAA CAA CTG 924
Thr Phe Thr Arg His Arg Gln Pro Arg Gly Trp Glu Gln Leu
265 270 275
GAG CAG TGC GGC TAT CCG GTG CAG CGG CTG GTC GCC CTC TAC 966
Glu Gln Cys Gly 'Pyr Pro Val Gln Arg Leu Val Ala Leu Tyr
280 285 290
CTG GCG GCG CGA CTG TCA TGG AAC CAG GTC GAC CAG GTG ATC 1008
Leu Ala A1a Arg Leu Ser Trp Asn Gln Val Asp Gln Val Ile
295 300 305
CGC AAC GCC CTG GCC AGC CCC GGC AGC GGC GGC GAC CTG GGC 1050
Arg Asn Ala Leu Ala Ser Pro Gly Ser Gly Gly Asp Leu Gly
310 315
GAA GCG ATC CGC GAG CAG CCG GAG CAG GCC CG'!' CTG GCC CTG 1092
Glu Ala Ile Arg G7.u Gln Pro Glu Gln Ala Arg Leu Ala Leu
320 325 330
ACC CTG GCC GCC GCC GAG AGC GAG CGC 'i'TC GTC CGG CAG GGC 1134
Thr Leu Ala Ala Ala Glu Ser Glu Arg Phe Val Arg Gln Gly
335 340 345
ACC GGC AAC GAC GAG GCC GGC GCG GCC AAC GCC GAC GTG GTG 1176
Thr Gly Asn Asp Glu Ala Gly Ala Ala Asn Ala Asp Val Val
350 355 360
AGC CTG ACC TGC CCG GTC GCC GCC GGT GAA TGC GCG GGC CCG 1218
Ser Leu Thr Cys Pro Val Ala Ala Gly Glu Cys Ala Gly Pro
365 370 375
GCG GAC AGC GGC GAC GCC CTG CTG GAG CGC AAC TAT CCC ACT 1260
Ala Asp Ser Gly Asp Ala Leu Leu Glu Arg Asn Tyr Pro Thr
380 385
-86-
GGC GCG GAG TTC CTC GGC GAC GGC GGC GAC GTC AGC TTC AGC 1302
Gly Ala Glu Phe Leu Gly Asp Gly Gly Asp Val Ser Phe Ser
390 395 400
ACC CGC GGC ACG CAG AAC TGG ACG GTG GAG CGG CTG CTC CAG 1344
Thr Arg Gly Thr Gln Asn Trp Thr Val Glu Arg Leu Leu Gln 448
405 410 415
GCG CAC CGC CAA CTG GAG GAG CGC GGC TAT GTG TTC GTC GGC 1386
Ala His Arg Gln Leu Glu Glu Arg G1y Tyr Val Phe Val Gly
420 425 430
TAC CAC GGC ACC TTC CTC GAA GCG GCG CAA AGC ATC GTC TTC 1428
Tyr His Gly Thr Phe Leu Glu Ala Ala Gln Ser Ile Val Fhe
435 440 445
GGC GGG GTG CGC GCG CGC AGC CAG GAC CTC GAC GCG ATC TGG 1470
Gly Gly Val Arg Ala Arg Ser Gln Asp Leu Asp Ala Ile Trp
450 455
CGC GGT TTC TAT ATC GCC GGC GAT CCG GCG CTG GCC TAC GGC 1512
Arg Gly Phe Tyr Ile Ala Gly Asp Pro Ala Leu Ala Tyr Gly
460 465 470
TAC GCC CAG GAC CAG GAA CCC GAC GCA CGC GGC CGG ATC CGC 1554
Tyr Ala Gln Asp Gln Glu Pro Asp Ala Arg G1y Arg Ile Arg
475 480 485
AAC GGT GCC CTG CTG CGG GTC TAT GTG CCG CGC TCG AGC CTG 1596
Asn Gly Ala Leu Leu Arg Val Tyr Val Pro Arg Ser Ser Leu
490 495 500
CCG GGC TTC TAC CGC ACC AGC CTG ACC CTG GCC GCG CCG GAG 1638
Pro Gly Phe Tyr Arg Thr Ser Leu Thr Leu Ala Ala Pro Glu
505 510 515
~~~~~~~r
GCG GCG GGC GAG GTC GAA CGG CTG ATC GGC CAT CCG CTG CCG 1680
Ala Ala Gly Glu Val Glu Arg Leu Ile Gly His Pro Leu Pro
520 525
CTG CGC CTG GAC GCC ATC ACC GGC CCC GAG GAG GAA GGC GGG 1722
Leu Arg Leu Asp Ala I1e Thr Gly Pro Glu Glu Glu Gly Gly
530 535 540
CGC CTG GAG ACC ATT CTC GGC TUG CCG CTG GCC GAG CGC ACC 1764
Arg Leu Glu Thr Ile Leu Gly Trp Pro Leu Ala Glu Arg Thr
545 550 555
GTG GTG ATT CCC TCG GCG ATC CCC ACC GAC CCG CGC AAC GTC 1806
Val Val Ile Pro Ser Ala Ile Pro Thr Asp Pro Arg Asn Va1
560 565 570
GGC GGC GAC CTC GAC CCG TCC AGC ATC CCC GAC AAG GAA CAG 1848
Gly Gly Asp Leu Asp Pro Ser Ser Ile Pro Asp Lys Glu Gln
575 580 585
GCG ATC AGC GCC CTG CCG GAC TAC GCC AGC CAG CCC GGC AAA 1890
Ala Ile Ser Ala Leu Pro Asp Tyr Ala Ser Gln Pro Gly Lys
590 595
CCG CCG CGC GAG GAC CTG AAG TAA CTGCCGCGAC CGGCCGGCTC 1934
Pro Pro Arg Glu Asp Leu Lys
600 605
CCTTCGCAGG AGCCGGCCTT CTCGGGGCCT GGCCATACAT CAGGTTTTCC 1984
TGATGCCAGC CCAATCGAAT ATGAATTC 2012
